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A review by lola_318
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates
4.0
I read this books as part of Toronto Public Library's One Book Community Read 2011.
I grew up in a small town like Irvine, with the one Chinese restaurant that serves "Chinese and Canadian Cuisine", owned and operated by the one Chinese family in town, just like the Dragon Cafe. It was interesting to read about small town life in Canada from the point of view of Su-Jen/Annie. I really enjoyed the story. You know it's a good book when you reach the end and you wonder what happened to the characters. Annie talks fromthe present, so where is she now? Did she go to university? Is she a lawyer or a doctor like her parents wanted? What became of Lee-Kung, Mai-Yee and the restaurant? Questions that will never be answered, but for me that means I truly cared about the characters. I highly recommend this book.
I grew up in a small town like Irvine, with the one Chinese restaurant that serves "Chinese and Canadian Cuisine", owned and operated by the one Chinese family in town, just like the Dragon Cafe. It was interesting to read about small town life in Canada from the point of view of Su-Jen/Annie. I really enjoyed the story. You know it's a good book when you reach the end and you wonder what happened to the characters. Annie talks fromthe present, so where is she now? Did she go to university? Is she a lawyer or a doctor like her parents wanted? What became of Lee-Kung, Mai-Yee and the restaurant? Questions that will never be answered, but for me that means I truly cared about the characters. I highly recommend this book.