Learning from My Mother's Voice: Family Legend and the Chinese American Experience (New York City Chinatown Oral History Project)

A compelling saga of a mother and daughter's Journey to the West capturing the themes of separation, loss, guilt, and bicultural identity in the journey of immigration. Blending mythology and symbols of East and West, past and present into a bonding and healing tapestry, the author captures the voice of her mother, Fung Gor Lee, in a moving account that will resonate with all Americans who have immigrant roots--and create the family legend that all families should have.