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A young girl named Wen is precious and creative, but the nation of China is a land of overwhelming traditions and stringent social rules. How is a girl to mature into herself in land of relentlessly rigid social expectations? "Boys who did not want to run to a public bathroom down the street would stand before a bucket to pee. Wen asked Mama why they could pee standing up. Mama said, 'Because they are boys. Girls cannot do that, so don't you even...
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"In this memoir, Tung Pok Chin casts light on the largely hidden experience of those Chinese who immigrated to this country with false documents during the Exclusion era. Although scholars have pieced together their history, first-person accounts are rare and fragmented; many of the so-called "Paper Sons" lived out their lives in silent fear of discovery. Chin's story speaks for the many Chinese who worked in urban laundries and restaurants, but it...
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