Concubine’s Children (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Denise Chong
- First Published: 1994
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Mothers, Parents and children, Polygamy or bigamy, Canada or Canadians, Grandparents or grandchildren, Waiters or waitresses, China or Chinese people, Feet
The Work
Denise Chong begins her memoir with her grandparents. Her grandfather, Chan Sam, was one of the many Chinese who left their homeland to seek their fortune in the Americas. After many years alone in Vancouver, Canada, Chan decided to have a second wife, a concubine, sent over from China. May-ying arrived in Vancouver in 1924, using a false Canadian birth certificate procured for the occasion. Thus began the family history detailed in The Concubine’s Children: Portrait of a Family Divided.
Throughout his life Chan Sam maintained two families—his Chinese...
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