As soon as possible, get out of Taiwan with a scholarship to North America: Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto… or, heck, even Columbus, Ohio, would do. Race toward a ...

Ma died at the Singapore General Hospital. Pa said, We’re moving back to Indonesia. Translation: I’ll grow up a jungle woman. Don’t even think about becoming a copywriter for Louis ...

My dying cousin called and said she wanted me to find her a husband. I am not a matchmaker or well-connected or even in a relationship myself. In fact, I ...

The mourning women are howling. Even with fingers in her ears, Xuan-Xuan hears their loud cries from the big white tent that appeared overnight in the alley. On tiptoe, she ...

Maybe it was because of the fights between Mom and Dad, about the land he bought outside Taipei without asking her…Or it could have been because of Tiananmen Square, the ...

The new girl’s name is a mouthful of Chinese. She looks about thirteen, unlucky for Genie. It’s been—how long now?—and the girl still hasn’t made her wish. Through the vent ...