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Hapa Girl

A Memoir

By: May-Lee Chai

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Hapa Girl

A Memoir

By: May-Lee Chai

A vivid depiction of the racism suffered by a mixed-race family in rural South Dakota.

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248

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Temple University Press

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ISBN 10

1592136176

ISBN 13

9781592136179

Useful Phrases for Immigrants

By: May-Lee Chai

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Useful Phrases for Immigrants

By: May-Lee Chai

Eight innovative, timely stories illuminate the hopes and fears of Chinese immigrants and their descendants.

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166

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Bakwin Award

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ISBN 10

0932112765

ISBN 13

9780932112767

Dragon Chica

By: May-lee Chai

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Nea, a Chinese Cambodian teenager, has survived the Khmer Rouge only to land in poverty in Texas. Her small family struggles to get by when a miracle occurs. Wealthy and mysterious, Auntie and Uncle write to say they are alive and well, running a Chinese restaurant in Nebraska. As Nea helps pack Hefty bags with meager belongings for a journey into the American Midwest, little does she know their miracle has a dark side. Soon family secrets, small town resentments, lies born of wartime and a forbidden love threaten to tear them apart forever. In the tradition of Holden Caulfield and Scout Finch, Nea must fight to save her family...and herself.

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241

Publisher

Gemma

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ISBN 10

1934848484

ISBN 13

9781934848487

Glamorous Asians

Short Stories & Essays

By: May-Lee Chai

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Glamorous Asians

Short Stories & Essays

By: May-Lee Chai

In this lyrical collection, May-lee Chai explores the diversity of the Asian-American experience by challenging stereotypes while experimenting with form, language, metaphor, and myth.

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100

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University Press

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ISBN 10

0880938579

ISBN 13

9780880938570

Training Days

By: May-Lee Chai

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Training Days

By: May-Lee Chai

Rites of passage are difficult for any young girl, and Jun-li Lin is no exception. The grown-ups in her life are probably out of control. It will take detective work to figure out her family's secrets. It's up to her to find a way to bring the family together. Training to be an adult, Jun-li discovers, is hard work.

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102

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Gemma Open Door

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ISBN 10

1936846624

ISBN 13

9781936846627

The Girl from Purple Mountain

Love, Honor, War, and One Family's Journey from China

By: May-Lee Chai,Winberg Chai

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The Girl from Purple Mountain

Love, Honor, War, and One Family's Journey from China

By: May-Lee Chai,Winberg Chai

A family memoir set against the shifting tides of twentieth-century China, THE GIRL FROM PURPLE MOUNTAIN begins with a mystery: the Chai family matriarch, Ruth Mei-en Tsao Chai, dies unexpectedly and her grieving husband discovers that she had secretly arranged to be buried alone—rather than in the shared plots they had purchased together years ago. Faced with this inexplicable act, Chu Chai decides that if he cannot lie next to his bride in death, he will buy a plot on the outskirts of her mausoleum and act as her guardian for all eternity. Such is his great love for Ruth Mei-en Tsao. Mei-en was born in China at the beginning of the 20th century during the reign of the last emperor. Educated by American missionaries, she was one of the first women admitted into a Chinese university in an era when most Chinese women were illiterate and had bound feet. Later she would defy tradition and refuse to marry the man her family had chosen for her, instead choosing his younger brother as her husband. During World War II, she served as Lady Mountbatten’s interpreter in China. As the Japanese Army advanced across China, her foresight and quick thinking kept her family alive as she, her husband and three sons were forced to flee from city to city. After the war, the Chais immigrated to the United States to what, until her death, seemed a happier and more peaceful life. In this riveting memoir, Mei-en’s first born son and his daughter explore family history to reconstruct her life as they seek to understand her fateful decision.

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265

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Hachette UK

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0733629245

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9780733629242

Book's by May-Lee Chai

Hapa Girl

Hapa Girl

Useful Phrases for Immigrants

Useful Phrases for Immigrants

Dragon Chica

Dragon Chica

Glamorous Asians

Glamorous Asians

Training Days

Training Days

The Girl from Purple Mountain

The Girl from Purple Mountain

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