Chinatown Family [SEP] narrative location
Chinatown Family
Chinatown Family is a 1948 novel by Lin Yutang set in New York City's Chinatown of the 1920s and 1930s, concerning the experiences of the Fongs, a Chinese-American family in becoming successful by hard work and endurance in a sometimes less than welcoming America.
Plot.
Tom, Sr. who runs a laundry on the Upper East Side, has succeeded in bringing his younger daughter (Eva) and son (Tom, Jr.) from China to New York to join him, his wife (
next is an actual location in Surrey. The action then moves to France, in the Passy area of Paris, and then back to the United Kingdom in the fictional location of Hatton Chase, seat of the Duke of Loamshire, followed by a visit to Market Hanford, Worcestershire. The narrative then returns to London and to London's Chinatown. There is also a visit to a restaurant in Soho, and then abroad to Belgium. There are two trips on ocean-going ships. Finally there is a railway trip from