Beyond the Narrow Gate: The Journey of Four Chinese Women from the Middle Kingdom to Middle America

Beyond the Narrow Gate: The Journey of Four Chinese Women from the Middle Kingdom to Middle America
ISBN-10
0452277612
ISBN-13
9780452277618
Category
Chinese American women
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Plume Books
Author
Leslie Chang

Description

Chronicles the fates of four extraordinary Chinese women, forced to flee China in 1947 after the Communist takeover, as they meet in Taiwan in 1948 and struggle to build new lives for themselves in America. Reprint.

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