Golden Mountain Beyond the American Dream

Name: Golden Mountain Beyond the American Dream
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ISBN: 9780974489001

ISBN-10: 097448900X

ISBN-13: 9780974489001

Edition: 2004

Authors: Irene Kai

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"The Golden Mountain" tells a powerful personal story that is shaped by the collision of traditional Chinese and modern American culture. Spanning four generations of women, the characters include Great-Grandmother Wong Oi, whose desperate status seeking ruins her life; Grandmother Choi Kum, an educated woman who ends up with ten children in America; and mother Margaret, who takes the pressures of a hateful forced marriage out on her children. One of those children, author Irene Kai, is caught in the clash of traditional and modern ways. She responds by descending into sex and drugs and a high-flying Beverly Hills lifestyle, culminating in a growing awareness that the scars she bears are…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Silver Light Publications
Publication date: 3/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Great Grandmother	p. 1
Grandmother	p. 51
Mother	p. 93
Oi Ling	p. 151
The Golden Mountain	p. 207
The American Dream	p. 265
Awakening	p. 303
Transformation	p. 325
Going Home	p. 359
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