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Mrs. spring fragrance6/11/2023 Born in England to an English father and Chinese mother, she was raised as Edith Maude Eaton. Sui Sin Far (1865-1914) was a Chinese English writer known for writing stories on the experience of Chinese people in North America. This collection features the title story, in which a young Chinese woman acts as a bridge between immigrant parents and their Americanized children "In the Land of the Free," an ironically titled account of suffering inflicted by discriminatory immigration laws "The Story of One White Woman Who Married a Chinese" "The Three Souls of Ah So Nan" "The Sing Song Woman" and other captivating tales. ![]() Her observations of the tensions of cultural assimilation reflect the difficulties of maintaining old customs in a new environment as well as the challenges that accompany new freedoms. In these deceptively simple fables of family life, Sui Sin Far offers revealing views of life in Seattle and San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century. A mixed-heritage woman in a culture rife with anti-Chinese sentiment, she was a pioneer in expressing the struggles and triumphs of the immigrant experience. She pursued a career in journalism under the pen name Sui Sin Far. ![]() The daughter of an English shipping merchant and his Chinese wife, Edith Maude Eaton grew up in Canada and settled in the United States. These remarkable tales rank among the first works of fiction published by a Chinese-American author.
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