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Writer and economist DENISE CHONG, author of "The Concubine's Children" (Viking)

Writer and economist DENISE CHONG, author of "The Concubine's Children" (Viking). The book is a history of her family, beginning with her grandmother, May-Ying, a concubine brought to Canada by CHONG's wealthy grandfather. May-Ying had two daughters in China, and CHONG's mother in Canada -- three sisters who hadn't met until Chong persuaded her mother to take the trip to China when she was writing this book. "Publisher's Weekly" says "this suberbly told saga of family loyalties and disaffections reads...like a novel.

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