Dim Sum Stories: A Chinatown Childhood

Dim Sum Stories: A Chinatown ChildhoodLarry Wong has evoked from his research and from a memory fearless of ghosts and inexplicable incidents these very moving Chinatown stories of the power of family, whether by blood or through friendship. My friend since childhood and my writing colleague has written a narrative gem of a chapbook. Not a word is wasted. Wayson Choy, author This is a totally engaging memoir, filled with childhood memories of life in a Chinese Canadian family whose father

Larry Wong has evoked from his research Ð and from a memory fearless of ghosts and inexplicable incidents Ð these very moving Chinatown stories of the power of family, whether by blood or through friendship. My friend since childhood Ð and my writing colleague Ð has written a narrative gem of a chapbook. Not a word is wasted.
Wayson Choy, author

This is a totally engaging memoir, filled with childhood memories of life in a Chinese Canadian family whose father came to Vancouver in 1911. But it is more than a personal memoir; it is also a social and cultural history of VancouverÕs Chinatown and its denizens in their homes, shops, restaurants, hotels, schoolrooms and social clubs, told Òup close and personal,Ó by a master storyteller. Larry Wong tickles your funny bone and moves you to tears as he skilfully integrates colourful anecdotes with historical facts in such a way that the reader is at once entertained and educated. Jan Walls, professor emeritus, Simon Fraser University