THE CONCUBINE'S CHILDREN : The Story of a Chinese Family Living on Two Sides of the Globe
by Chong, Denise
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0140254277
- ISBN 13
- 9780140254273
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY: Penguin, 1996. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. Collectible - Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW. Soft cover/NF w/trace edge wear. A 3-generation family biography, a memoir, a social history of modern Chinese immigration woven from memories, letters and old photographs, and narrated by a Canadian-born granddaughter. The family saga begins with poverty stricken peasant Chan Sam's immigration to Canada in 1913, two years after the collapse of the Ch'ing Dynasty. He sends for a young concubine whose labours help maintain the two households separated the oceans. An ultimate family reunion takes place some sixty years later following the intervention of the Sino-Japanese War, World War II, and ensuring civil war leading up to Communist control of the China mainland.
Synopsis
"Carefully balancing cool observation and compassion, Chong writes extraordinary history and gives voice to the Chinese immigrant experience."ALA Booklist .
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002771
- Title
- THE CONCUBINE'S CHILDREN : The Story of a Chinese Family Living on Two Sides of the Globe
- Author
- Chong, Denise
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Pinting
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140254277
- ISBN 13
- 9780140254273
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Biography/Chinese/Canada/Vancouver/Chan Sam
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Memoir;
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