chinese american women

Contains the dramatic text of an adaptation of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Broadway musical, "Flower Drum Song," in which a young, traditional, Chinese woman arrives in San Francisco to take part in an arranged marriage to a nightclub owner, only to discover he is in love with his club's star singer.

"In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing at the same audition for showgirl roles at San Francisco's exclusive "Oriental" nightclub, the Forbidden City. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family who have deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. At times their differences are pronounced, but the girls grow to depend on one another in order to fulfill their individual dreams. Then, everything changes in a heartbeat with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the government is sending innocent Japanese to internment camps under suspicion, and Ruby is one of them. But which of her friends betrayed her?"--Provided by publisher.

The sequel to Anchee Min's memoir "Red Azalea," in which she comes to America to find her way, her voice, and her love.

Four Chinese-American women and their daughters come to understand each other as the mothers tell of growing up in China and coming to America.

Presents the life and career of Amy Tan, the child of immigrant parents from China, who became a successful novelist using the stories of her mother's past life in China.

Catherine Ling is instructed by assassin and master poisoner Hu Chang before being recruited by the CIA and pitted against a rogue operative in a race to obtain a deadly poison.