Background
Natasha Chang was born on July, 4 1965, in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in suburban Connecticut.
(After long afternoons spent with her great-aunt Yu-i, Pan...)
After long afternoons spent with her great-aunt Yu-i, Pang-Mei, a first-generation Chinese-American, paints this unforgettable saga of a woman, born in Shanghai at the turn of the century to a well-to-do family, who continually defied the expectations of her class and culture. 'In China, a woman is nothing,' began Yu-i over tea and dumplings. 'This is the first lesson I want to give so that you will understand.' Growing up in the perilous years between the fall of the last Emperor and the Communist Revolution, Yu-i led a life marked by a series of rebellions that changed the course of her life, including the first and most lasting: her refusal to have her feet bound. And as Yu-i confides her innermost dreams and demons to her great-niece in this dual memoir, the deeply textured portrait of a woman's life in China is blended with the very Western story of a young woman's search for identity and belonging.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000544PT/?tag=2022091-20
1999
Natasha Chang was born on July, 4 1965, in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in suburban Connecticut.
Chang received her education at Harvard University.
During her career, Pang-Mei Chang has taught writing at Yale and Bard colleges, as well as was a freelance writer.
(After long afternoons spent with her great-aunt Yu-i, Pan...)
1999Pang-Mei was married to Daniel Lesin Wolfe. They have 2 daughters.