Useful Phrases for Immigrants

General Fiction

Oct-2018

In the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone calls. It is the...

Training Days

General Fiction

Dec-2017

Training for adulthood is not for wimps.When you are eleven years old, is there anything more humiliating, or bound to cause a fight, than shopping with your mother when your body is in full-throttle warp? Yes, there is: picking out the school-requir...

Tiger Girl

General Fiction

Oct-2013

Nea Chhim, the spirited heroine of Dragon Chica, struggles with college. Nightmares of war flood the waking memories of this 19-year-old survivor of the Cambodian Killing Fields.  Nea decides she must confront the past to overcome her fear and begi...

Dragon Chica

General Fiction

Nov-2010

      Nea, a Chinese-Cambodian teenager, flees to Texas as a refugee from the Khmer Rouge regime when a miracle occurs. Although her family has been struggling to support itself, they discover that a wealthy aunt and uncle have managed ...

Glamorous Asians: Short Stories and Essays

General Fiction

Oct-2004

My Lucky Face

General Fiction

Jul-2003