Title: Pieces of gold
First published: 1999
Description: In New Jersey, a conflict breaks out between a white husband and his Chinese wife over how to care for her invalid mother. Jenny wants the mother to live in their house, but Tomas wants her sent to an old people's home, claiming Jenny's duty is to him and their three children. The novel describes the way Jenny copes. A first novel.
Subjects: Fiction, Patients, Cerebrovascular disease, Mothers and daughters, Chinese Americans, Chinese American families
Places: New Jersey, New York (N.Y.)
LC classification: PS3563.O884565 P54 1999