chinese american women

The author chronicles her decision to raise her daughters, Sophia and Lulu, in a way that reflects the Chinese way of childrearing, which puts an emphasis on preparing them for the future, by demanding that her children perform at the top of their classes in all subjects besides drama and physical education, play the piano or violin, and spend their time studying and practicing rather than playing with other kids.

Chronicles the lives of four Chinese women, their 40 year friendship and how the death of one brings her daughter into the fold and a new understanding for each.

Scarlett Chen is far from her native China, when she gets shipped off to America in order to give birth on American soil. The father wants every advantage for his son and U.S. citizenship will give him that. But when a new sonogram reveals the unexpected, Scarlett runs away to San Francisco's Chinatown with a stowaway, desperately trying to build her own future.

"Untangles the complicated ties binding three women--two sisters and their mother--in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge"--Provided by publisher.

San Francisco ghostwriter Ruth Young finally begins to understand her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother LuLing's preoccupation with ghosts and curses when she reads LuLing's writings of her dark backwoods childhood in 1920s China-- where LuLing's mute, disfigured nursemaid committed suicide, and a nearby cave held what may have been the bones of the lost ancient hominid Peking Man.

Receptionist Lindsay Owyang, a third-generation American-born Chinese woman, gains a better appreciation and understanding of her family and culture when she accompanies her grandmother on a nostalgic journey to China.

A two-act play adapted from the novel by Amy Tan that describes the complex relationships between four older Chinese-American women and their American-born daughters.

"Do you enjoy performing experiments or studying how the universe works? Growing up in China, Chien-Shiung Wu enjoyed learning about science. As an adult, she earned her PhD in physics and made a discovery that changed the field forever. Wu came to the United States to study physics. Soon she was a sought-after physics professor. As an expert in the field, she left teaching to work on secret government programs. She even helped disprove a major law of physics. But how did she get there? Find out how Wu's persistence drove her contributions in the field of physics"--Back cover.

Twenty-eight-year-old Maibelle returns to her home in New York's Chinatown searching for her identity and hoping to unravel the mystery behind family lies.