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    Butterfly Tears
    Butterfly Tears
    Butterfly Tears
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    Butterfly Tears

    By Zoë S. Roy

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    Butterfly Tears is a collection of short fiction that depicts the experiences of Chinese immigrant women facing the challenges of life in a new country. The stories are set in different parts of China, Canada, and the United States and examine Chinese women’s cross-cultural experiences in North America as well as women’s issues and political discrimination in China. The stories, or parts of stories, set in China give the reader interesting glimpses into events such as the Cultural Revolution and Mao’s death. In the title story, an ancient Chinese legend about two lovers and memories of a violinist who commits suicide during the Cultural Revolution haunt a young woman who fears her husband is having an affair. Leaving her abusive husband, a woman and her young son in A Beaten Mandarin Duck move to New Brunswick where they form a new family with a visiting professor from China. Twin Rivers tells the story of a female engineer who ends up in jail as a result of her love affair with a married man. Feminism and changing male/female relationships form another important theme that runs through many of the stories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInanna Poetry and Fiction Series
    Release dateNov 1, 2009
    ISBN9781771331159
    Butterfly Tears
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    Zoë S. Roy

    Born in China, Zoë S. Roy was an eyewitness to the red terror under Mao’s regime. She holds a M.Ed. in Adult Education and an MA in Atlantic Canada Studies from the University of New Brunswick and Saint Mary’s University. She lives and works in Toronto as an adult educator. She is the author of an acclaimed collection of short stories, Butterfly Tears (2009) and a novel, The Long March Home (2011).

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