Fae Myenne Ng's masterly debut novel centers on three Chinese American sisters. All are raised by the same mother and father, Mah and Leon, but each responds differently to family dynamics and the conflict between their San Francisco Chinatown community and American culture. Each evolves into an individual woman with a separate destiny.

Leila, the oldest daughter and the book's narrator, is bound most strongly to Chinatown, though she drives a Karmann-Ghia and favors burritos. Nina, the youngest, escapes - first through adolescent independence and later by leaving Chinatown altogether and moving 3,0

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