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Having moved to Canada from China as a child, Bates conveys the immigrant experience in generally straightforward terms in this group of eight tales set in rural Ontario, first published in 1997 in Canada. "My Sister's Love" reveals some of the complexity of that experience when a mother's daughter arrives from a relatively good life in Hong Kong to the lesser life above a Chinese laundry, her stepfather and half-sister in tow. A beauty, she draws the eye of a prosperous, older Chinese businessman, but their relationship brings more scandal than succor. In "Eat Bitter," immigrant ambivalence is the focus, as an unhappy apprentice dreams only of going home to China after five years in his uncle's laundry. But when a letter arrives giving him good reason to escape the cold and racist cruelty, he realizes he's not the only one who dreams of home. The title piece strays from this realistic treatment to consider a family curse, one that causes an old man to commit suicide and his daughter-in-law to seek out a medium in order to find a supernatural solution that will save her husband-but with catastrophic results. Split mostly between laundry and restaurant settings, and attuned to the grittier side, Bates's stories have limited range, but are most affecting in their search for the plain truths of Chinese immigrant life. (Kirkus Reviews)
A chorus of immigrant voices populates Judy Fong Bates's graceful and poignant first collection. Denizens of the ubiquitous small towns around Ontario, as far from their native land as can be imagined yet united by their proximity to the local Chinese laundry, her characters have in common their driving desire to assimilate, to fit in, to belong to a "majority" culture. But they are also people trapped by a certain cultural pride in confronting a world that may feign acceptance while at the same time reminding them that they are "other." In the words of the Toronto Globe and Mail, Judy Fong Bates's "deceptively simple narratives expose the hopes and hardships that define her characters' lives." Her graceful writing is full of compassion, insight, and honesty; it opens our eyes to the commonality of what it is to be human.
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A chorus of immigrant voices populates Judy Fong Bates's graceful and poignant first collection. Denizens of the ubiquitous small towns around Ontario, as far from their native land as can be imagined yet united by their proximity to the local Chinese laundry, her characters have in common their driving desire to assimilate, to fit in, to belong to a "majority" culture. But they are also people trapped by a certain cultural pride in confronting a world that may feign acceptance while at the same time reminding them that they are "other." In the words of the Toronto Globe and Mail, Judy Fong Bates's "deceptively simple narratives expose the hopes and hardships that define her characters' lives." Her graceful writing is full of compassion, insight, and honesty; it opens our eyes to the commonality of what it is to be human.
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