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Summary
In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. InHapa Girl("hapa" is Hawaiian for "mixed"), their daughter tells the story of this loving family as they moved from Southern California to New York to a South Dakota farm by the 1980s. In their new Midwestern home, the family finds itself the object of unwelcome attention, which swiftly escalates to violence.
Author Biography
May-lee Chai is the author of five books, My Lucky Face, The Girl from Purple Mountain (co-authored with Winberg Chai) and Glamorous Asians: Short Stories & Essays, and recipient of an NEA Grant in Literature.
Table of Contents
| Prologue | |
| The Wearing of the Green | |
| The Sexy Artist Meets the Boy From New York City | |
| How to Charm a Mother-in-Law | |
| California Dreamin' | |
| The Banana | |
| The Banana's Revenge | |
| Autumn in the Country | |
| Hunting Season | |
| The Little Things | |
| The Closet | |
| My Last Confession | |
| Bugs | |
| The Fall of the Prince | |
| The Jade Tree | |
| The Nights of Many Prayers | |
| What You Don't Know Can Hurt You | |
| Stephen King High | |
| Barbarians | |
| Glamour Puss | |
| The Cannibals | |
| The Fine Art of Denial | |
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