Born in 1865 to a Chinese mother and an English father, Edith Maude Eaton took the pen name Sui Sin Far, becoming the first published Asian American fiction writer. In this rediscovered 1912 classic of linked short stories set in San Francisco's Chinatown, Sui Sin Far sensitively portrays Chinese immigrants as they fall in love, encounter racism, and wrestle with their new Americanized identities.

"Dignified…. This collection is a fine tribute to one of the brave early mothers of multiculturalism."—Publishers Weekly