**Fall 1913, St. Catharines, Ontario. Thirteen-year-old Hoi Wing Woo, the son of a scholar, is forced to give up his dreams of an education when he is sent to work in a Chinese laundry in Canada.** Hoi Wing is immediately thrust into relentless, mind-numbing toil, washing clothes by hand for sixtee
Tsiang's Chinaman, Laundryman
โ Scribed by Cheung, Floyd
- Book ID
- 126694728
- Publisher
- Heldref Publishing
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4940
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