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Table of Contents The Lums of Orange County, California (2002).............. p. 1 Speaking Japanese Badly (2002).................... p. 2 A Relentless Rain of Steel Death p. (2002).................................................... 19 ............. New Territory p. (1962).................................................... 26 ........................................... More Foreign than the Foreigners p. (1975).................................................... 33 ............ Sparking the Fire p. (1976).................................................... 39 ...................................... Deliverance at Yosemite p. (1976)............................................. 56 Good Form (1989-2002)........................ p. 71 Lucky Boy (1988) p. .......................................................... 77 ......................................... The Impossibility of Two Trains Colliding at One Hundred Miles Per Hour p. (1968).................................................... 84 ......................................... Hard Times on Fairview (1978-1982).................. p. 97 What Sonny Did for a Living (1979-1993) p.10 .......................................................... 4 .. Calling the Ghosts (2002) p.10 .......................................................... 5 ............................. A Great Time to Be Alive (1990- p.11 2002)..................................................... 7 .............. Point of Departure p.12 (2002).................................................... 3 .................................... Speaking Cantonese So-So Okay p.13 (1990).................................................... 4 ............. Gin and Juice p.13 (2002).................................................... 7 ............................................ The Vote to Decide Whether or Not Melvin Should Enlist p.14 (1943)......................... 2 Building Airplanes that Can't Fly (1942- p.14 1944)..................................................... 3 .. The Tragedy of Delicious Turnip Cakes p.16 (2002).................................................... 3 .. A Really Strong Iron Gate p.16 (2002).................................................... 6 ........................ Polyethylene Dreams p.17 (2002).................................................... 7 ............................... The Genealogy of Bo (1261- p.18 2002)..................................................... 8 ..................... An Ideal Room p.18 (2002).................................................... 9 ......................................... One Thousand Cigars p.20 (1945).................................................... 6 ............................... Tripping on Benadryl with Ah-Mah p.21 (2002).................................................... 1 ........ A Kind of Communion (1987- p.21 1988)..................................................... 9 .................. Hersey Collins p.22 (2002).................................................... 9 .......................................... Melvin's Aphorisms (1955- p.23 1987)..................................................... 6 ...................... A Departure, An Arrival (1979- p.23 2002)..................................................... 7 ................ Larry Redux p.25 (2002).................................................... 0 ............................................. The Dance of Good Fortune p.25 (2002).................................................... 5 .....................
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Chinese American families -- Fiction.
Americans -- China -- Hong Kong -- Fiction.
Orange County (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction.
Mothers -- Death -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Young men -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction. lcsh.
Bildungsromans. gsafd.