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Sometimes funny, sometimes scandalous, always riveting, this extraordinary first novel traces the lives and passionate loves of the women of the Wong family through four generations. As past sins and inborn strengths are passed on from mother to daughter to granddaughter, each generation confronts, in its own way, the same problems -- isolation, racism the clash of cultures -- and each evolves a little bit more. Moving back and forth between past and present, between Canada and China, SKY Leeweaves fiction and historical fact into a memorable and moving picture of a people's struggle for identity. Disappearing Moon Cafewon the 1990 City of Vancouver Book Award and was short-listed for the Governor General's Award of the same year.Lee, Sky is the author of 'Disappearing Moon Cafe ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780888947215 and ISBN 0888947216.
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