The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter write by Kathryn Reiss. This book was released on 2010. The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Julie discovers a mysterious note written in Chinese, she brings it to her friend Ivy to translate. The note promises great treasure, but it doesn't quite make sense - and Julie suspects it may be written in a secret code. Then the girls? beloved dolls are stolen, and Julie can't shake the feeling that there's a connection between the stolen dolls and the mysterious note.
Paper Daughter
Paper Daughter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paper Daughter write by Jeanette Ingold. This book was released on 2010. Paper Daughter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Past and present collide in a Chinese-American teen's search for identity amid family secrets.
Fifth Chinese Daughter
Fifth Chinese Daughter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fifth Chinese Daughter write by Jade Snow Wong. This book was released on 2019-11-21. Fifth Chinese Daughter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jade Snow Wong’s autobiography portrays her coming-of-age in San Francisco's Chinatown, offering a rich depiction of her immigrant family and her strict upbringing, as well as her rebellion against family and societal expectations for a Chinese woman. Originally published in 1950, Fifth Chinese Daughter was one of the most widely read works by an Asian American author in the twentieth century. The US State Department even sent its charismatic young author on a four-month speaking tour throughout Asia. Cited as an influence by prominent Chinese American writers such as Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston, Fifth Chinese Daughter is a foundational work in Asian American literature. It was written at a time when few portraits of Asian American life were available, and no similar works were as popular and broadly appealing. This new edition includes the original illustrations by Kathryn Uhl and features an introduction by Leslie Bow, who critically examines the changing reception and enduring legacy of the book and offers insight into Wong’s life as an artist and an ambassador of Chinese American culture.
The White Devil's Daughters
The White Devil's Daughters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The White Devil's Daughters write by Julia Flynn Siler. This book was released on 2019-05-14. The White Devil's Daughters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration--from 1848 to 1943--San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, bestselling author Julia Flynn Siler shines a light on this little-known chapter in our history--and gives us a vivid portrait of the safe house to which enslaved women escaped. The Occidental Mission Home, situated on the edge of Chinatown, served as a gateway to freedom for thousands. Run by a courageous group of female Christian abolitionists, it survived earthquakes, fire, bubonic plague, and violent attacks. We meet Dolly Cameron, who ran the home from 1899 to 1934, and Tien Fuh Wu, who arrived at the house as a young child after her abuse as a household slave drew the attention of authorities. Wu would grow up to become Cameron's translator, deputy director, and steadfast friend. Siler shows how Dolly and her colleagues defied convention and even law--physically rescuing young girls from brothels, snatching them from their smugglers--and how they helped bring the exploiters to justice. Riveting and revelatory, The White Devil's Daughters is a timely, extraordinary account of oppression, resistance, and hope.
Paper Wife
Paper Wife - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paper Wife write by Laila Ibrahim. This book was released on 2018. Paper Wife available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus comes a heart-wrenching story about finding strength in a new world. Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling's parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband's first wife--a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment on Angel Island. But when she finally reaches San Francisco, she's met with a surprise. Her husband, Chinn Kai Li, is a houseboy, not the successful merchant he led her to believe. Mei Ling is penniless, pregnant, and bound to a man she doesn't know. Her fragile marriage is tested further when she discovers that Siew will likely be forced into prostitution. Desperate to rescue Siew, she must convince her husband that an orphan's life is worth fighting for. Can Mei Ling find a way to make a real family--even if it's built on a paper foundation?
