midnight at the dragon cafe 概括

The life of a young Chinese girl is torn apart by dark family secrets and divided loyalties in a small Ontario town in the 1950s.Judy Fong Bates's fresh and engaging first novel is the story of Su-Jen Chou,a Chinese girl growing up the only daughter of an unhappy and isolated immigrant family in a small Ontario town in the 1950s.Through Su-Jen's eyes we see the hard life behind the scenes at the Dragon Caf,the local diner her family runs.Her half-brother Lee-Kung smolders under the responsibilities he must carry as the dutiful Chinese son.Her mother,beautiful but bitter,lays her hopes and dreams on Su-Jen's shoulders,until she turns to find solace in the most forbidden of places,while Su-Jen's elderly father strives to hek fuh,swallow bitterness,and save face at all costs.