num_pages: 140
description: Full of tales about women at a point of change—Li Li is pregnant, alone, and frightened; Gladys plots revenge against a racist neighbor; Margret doesn't know if she can tell her mother that she is a lesbian—this collection of stories deals with themes of hybridity from distinctive angles that include ethnicity and sexual orientation. Focused on the Chinese diaspora within such wide-ranging settings as London, China, California, Malaysia, and the Caribbean, these stories of compelling characters making necessary journeys are written with unwavering and painful realism, wicked humor, and lyrical imagination.
language: English
title: Song of the Boatwoman
titlecomplete: Song of the Boatwoman
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd.