The Fortunes (Hardcover) by Peter Ho Davies

from Beamis12

3.5 Ling and the section Gold was by far my favorite and if the others were as good as this one I would have given it an unequivocal four star rating. Did like the structure of this novel, the different sections that tied to the others, though sometimes it was hard to find the connection. The sec...

from brangwinn

In the stories of 4 Chinese Americans, Peter Ho Davies has create a story of the Chinese in America. The stories can be read as stand-alone books, as there is no relationship between the characters, but by picking and choosing what you read, the meaning of the books will be missed, that of not fi...

from lauriebrown54

"The Fortunes" is one novella and three short stories about Chinese-Americans and the problems they have- and still do- face. "Gold" is set in Gold Rush era California, where young Ling has been sent by Big Uncle- the owner of a floating brothel in China who raised him after his Chinese mother di...

from RealLifeReading

They - all of them - are Chinese American now, not just because America has finally, begrudgingly, allowed them to be, but because China has closed to them. I have been reading this book for a while. I borrowed it in December, read it a little, put it down and picked it up in between and amongst ...

from quondame

The four sections present aspects of the lives of the Chinese who immigrated to the US and their descendants. While the opportunities available in each succeeding story, mid 19th century, early and late 20th, and 21st century are increased, the horrendous cost of being considered alien, even in y...