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9781592136162

Hapa Girl

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  • ISBN13:

    9781592136162

  • ISBN10:

    1592136168

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-09-28
  • Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

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Summary

In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. InHapa Girl("hapa" is Hawaiian for "mixed"), their daughter tells the story of this loving family as they moved from Southern California to New York to a South Dakota farm by the 1980s. In their new Midwestern home, the family finds itself the object of unwelcome attention, which swiftly escalates to violence.

Author Biography

May-lee Chai is the author of five books, My Lucky Face, The Girl from Purple Mountain (co-authored with Winberg Chai) and Glamorous Asians: Short Stories & Essays, and recipient of an NEA Grant in Literature.

Table of Contents

Prologue
The Wearing of the Green
The Sexy Artist Meets the Boy From New York City
How to Charm a Mother-in-Law
California Dreamin'
The Banana
The Banana's Revenge
Autumn in the Country
Hunting Season
The Little Things
The Closet
My Last Confession
Bugs
The Fall of the Prince
The Jade Tree
The Nights of Many Prayers
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Stephen King High
Barbarians
Glamour Puss
The Cannibals
The Fine Art of Denial
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