Fifth Chinese Daughter is a autobiography by Chinese-American artist and author Jade Snow Wong, who wrote the book when she was just 24 years old. It is an account of her childhood and young adulthood being raised by a fiercely traditional Chinese family in San Francisco in the early 20th century, and her struggle to attain an education despite her family’s staunch opposition. I first encountered Jade Snow Wong's work in an anthology about cooking that I recently read. One of the chapters of this book was included in that book, and it was so charming, it made me curious to read more. I really enjoyed Fifth Chinese Daughter. The author was born into a traditional, hard-working Chinese family in San Francisco in the bltadwin.ru by: Jade Snow Wong is the "fifth Chinese daughter" of a large, austere and formal Chinese family. She attends both public and Chinese school in San Francisco. After high school, she graduates from junior college, then from Mills College on a full scholarship. She supports herself in high school and college by working as a housekeeper and bltadwin.ru by:
图书Fifth Chinese Daughter 介绍、书评、论坛及推荐. Originally published in and now reissued with a new introduction by the author, Jade Snow Wong's story is one of struggle and achievements. In , Wong published the first of her two autobiographical volumes, Fifth Chinese Daughter. Her second volume, No Chinese Stranger, was published in Towards the end of her life, Wong ran a travel service in San Fra. Jade Snow Wong was born in San Francisco and brought up in a family that maintained traditional Chinese customs. Fifth Chinese Daughter By Jade Snow Wong pages University of Washington Press isbn This memoir of Jade Snow Wong portrays her life as a kid until when she got older. This is a book about the morals of Asian families, but it also shows the problems, the conflicts, that an average Chinese person faces when put in a situation that's foreign.
Fifth Chinese Daughter is a autobiography by Chinese-American artist and author Jade Snow Wong, who wrote the book when she was just 24 years old. It is an account of her childhood and young adulthood being raised by a fiercely traditional Chinese family in San Francisco in the early 20th century, and her struggle to attain an education despite her family’s staunch opposition. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Jade Snow Wong’s autobiography, directly and honestly relates the struggles and accomplishments of an American-born Chinese girl. Although it is an autobiography, it is. Jade Snow is the fifth daughter in the Wong family. Her Christian parents decided to emigrate form China to the United States to raise their family. This is a classic story of the immigrant experience as the Wongs maintain Chinese customs and adapt American ones.
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