000			01170nam a2200181 4500
020			_a9780143192091
024			_a881553028
050			_aCS39.C42
082			_a305.8951071
100	1		_aDenise Chong
245	1		_aThe Concubine's Children
260			_bPenguin Canada
300			_a288 pages
520			_aThe Concubine's Children is the story of a family cleaved in two for the sake of a father's dream. In 1913, Chan Sam left an "at home" wife in China to earn a living in "Gold Mountain." Eleven years later, May-ying, the wilful, seventeen-year-old concubine he bought, sight unseen, travels to join him where she labors in tea houses of west coast Chinatowns to support the family in Canada, and the one in China. It was the concubine's third daughter, the author's mother, who unlocked the past for her daughter whose curiosity about some old photographs ultimately reunited a family divided for most of the last century. Heartfelt and beautifully written, The Concubine's Children is an inspiring story of the sacrifice that tore a family apart and the love that bound them back together.
650			_aSocial Science
650			_aMemoir
999			_c16149 _d16149