Read A Thousand Books, And Your Words

Obey, Obey, Obey, Then Do What You Want.

I Would Rather Be Married To Broken Jade Than Flawless Clay

How Can We Not Create A Fantasy In Our Minds When The Reality Is So Hard?

I Am An Eighth Chinese, And I Come From A Large Chinese-american Family In Los Angeles.

Our Words Had To Be Circumspect. We Could Not Write Anything Too Negative About Our Circumstances. This Was Tricky, Since The Very Form Of A Married Woman's Letter Needed To Include The Usual Complaints -- That We Were Pathetic, Powerless, Worked To The Bone, Homesick, And Sad. We Were Supposed To Speak Directly About Our Feelings Without Appearing Ungrateful, No-account, Or Unfilial.