The Concubine's Children : The Story of a Chinese Family Living on Two Sides of the Globe (Paperback)

from LynnB

This is a well written, moving book about a family separated on two continents. It's a biography of Chan Sam and his family. He lives in B.C. with his concubine and one of their children. In China are his wife, their son and two of his daughters by his concubine. This is a family' s story, but al...

from annhepburn

I'm always fascinated to see peoples' full life stories. This book could have only included teen/young woman May-ying and what her life was like; or it could have just included her later adulthood; or her somewhat terrifying turn as the author's fearsome Grandmother. But instead we watch May-ying...

from EvelynBernard

The Concubine's Children is the true story of a family cleaved in two for the sake of a father's dream. In 1913, Chan Sam left an “at home” wife in China to earn a living in “Gold Mountain”, British Columbia. Eleven years later, May-ying, the wilful, seventeen-year-old concubine he bought, sight ...

from LibraryCin

This is a biography of three generations of a Chinese-Canadian family. Chan Sam came to Canada and left his Chinese wife at home, but soon brought a beautiful younger Chinese woman to Canada as his concubine: May-ying. May-ying gave Chan Sam 3 daughters; before the 3rd one (Hing) came along, the ...

from LiteraryChanteuse

What a compelling story!!! It gave an insight to a bit of history of both the Asian community here in Vancouver BC, Canada and the conflicts they dealt with that were unraveling in china. Many were caught between two worlds and powerless to make changes in either.