Picture Bride

Following the India-China war of 1962, the Chinese Indians (the Hakka), fearing suspicion and hostility, begin to emigrate. In Picture Bride, set during a period of changing times and changing values, twenty-year-old Jillian Wu leaves Calcutta to marry a man she has never met--Peter Chou, also a Hakka--with much anticipation, only to discover that he is gay. Forced by her husband to keep up the charade of a "normal" marriage, and pressured by her...

By C Fong Hsiung
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: TSAR Publications (October 15, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1927494397
ISBN-13: 978-1927494394
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 8520669
Format: PDF ePub TXT ebook

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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel as it was very interesting to learn the contrasts of the Hakka community culture over two different locations - India and Canada. It was easy to share compassion to the main characters as they made mistakes on

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