The Motherland ~ Paperback ~ Ding Fai Lee

In 1930s Canton, Prosperity Wong has a wife, a mistress, two sons and two daughters, and has a comfortable life as the proprietor of a silk shop. But the Imperial Japanese Army threatens. The family endures the occupation of the city, a son leaves to join the resistance. After liberation the family builds new lives in Hong Kong and America, in business and academe. Lee Ding Fai is the author of "Betty Lee in England and Other Stories" and "Running Dog." Born in China, she studied and obtained her MA in Literature from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and lived in Hong Kong, England, the United States and Australia. She taught English at a number of schools in Hong Kong and passed away in 1989 after a long battle with cancer. All proceeds from sale of this book will go towards the Hong Kong Cancer Fund.