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The Concubine's Children
The Concubine's Children
Author: Denise Chong
"To me, China was what was left behind when the boat carring my grandmother, pregnant with my mother, docked in Vancouver. China was the soil underfoot in the photographs of the two sisters who, as I thought then,would never meet the third, my mother. — China was where you'd find yourself if you dug a hole deep enough to come out the other side o...  more »
ISBN: 370858
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 266
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Publisher: Viking Penguin
Book Type: Paperback
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A portrait of a family living on two sides of the globe. Chan Sam, a Chinese peasant moves to the New World leaving his "at-home" wife to raise their son and the concubine's two Canadian-born children. May-ying is the concubine who supports Chan Sam, his family in China, and their third daughter, Hing, the author's mother.
reviewed The Concubine's Children on + 26 more book reviews
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Good social information, but not as interesting as it might have been.
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Excellently written. The story of a Chinese family split between Canada and China. Very moving. Written in the style of a novel. Very smooth.
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