The Jade Peony

The Jade Peony - Wayson Choy

From Amazon: "Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony is about growing up in Vancouver's early Chinatown. The book, which began as a much anthologized short story almost twenty years ago, is divided into three sections, each narrated by a different child from the same family: Jook-Liang, the "useless" female, whose main interests are going to movies, tap dancing, and imitating Shirley Temple; the adopted orphan Jung-Sum, the second oldest brother, who discover he's gay; and Sek-Lung, the youngest brother and the only one in the family born in Canada."

I read this book during an owl survey. I liked the way that it was written from three different children, and their struggles growing up in Vancouver during the war. It was quick to read but had a good story. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in a different perspective of Vancouver in the '30's and '40's.