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4.0
emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Update 2023: with time and literary growth, I now understand how beautiful this book is. Interweaving chinese folklore with family history and what it means to be a person of two cultures, pulled between yearning for autonomy and the need to obey. Its been nearly 20yrs since I first read this, I'm so glad I decided to give it another try now that my worldview has grown. I felt like I was reading it for the first time! 

Outdated review:"2-stars.  I've had to read this for two different classes. It didn't really captivate me."