Books & Beyond

Following the death of her parents, Mermei had no one to talk to but her brother in Chinatown in San Francisco, until the arrival of another Chinese girl, Sin Far.

The couple finally received the paper to claim their son back. Yet after a 10-month separation, the baby could no longer recognize his own parents.

Five months after the baby boy was taken away from his Chinese parents, an American lawyer offered to travel to Washington to help the poor couple take their son back. It costed the couple a large fortune.

It became a long and torturing day for Lae Choo during which she waited for her baby boy to be returned to her.

Hom Hing, a Chinese merchant based in San Francisco, could do nothing while witnessing his two-year-old son being taken away by an American customs officer.

Wan Lin Fo expected Pau Tsu to become an Americanized woman within a few months. Such an unreasonable request came from his unconscious admiration for an American lady.

The feeling of being torn apart between two cultures reached a peak for Pau Tsu after she received treatment from a male American doctor upon her husband’s request.

Pau Tsu willed herself into adapting to the way of living in America for the sake of her fiancé.

Wan Lin Fo, a young successful Chinese merchant based in Seattle, looked forward to reuniting with his fiancée, who he hoped would embrace the Americanized way of living as he had done.

Minnie lived a blessed and joyful life with her Chinese husband Liu Kanghi. Yet it all came to an end when Liu Kanghi was shot in the head, becoming a victim of hatred crime.