Disappearing Moon Cafe"Traces the lives and passions of the women of the Wong family through four generations. ... Moving back and forth between past and present, between Canada and China, Sky Lee weaves fiction and historical fact into a memorable and moving picture of a people's struggle for identity"--Back cover |
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