Letters to My Grandchildren: Memoirs of a Dragon Lady

By Carol Williams-Wong

Book Overview

Volume 1 From Jamaica to Canada and Backelder daughter born to Hakka Chinese immigrants in Jamaica, West Indies during the mid-1900s, Carol draws on her memory to recall her happy and carefree life growing up in Jamaica, studying and getting married in Canada and returning to Jamaica only to follow her destiny to become a Hakka Chinese Dragon Lady in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.carol relates these memories in Letters to Her Grandchildren detailing the first three Chinese Zodiac Cycles in her life. Although the letters are meant to record family history for her descendants and instill Hakka family values, they also create a vibrant picture of what life was like for many in Jamaica from 1941-1977 and vividly capture the changing sociopolitical events of that period.This first volume will truly be a lasting legacy for her descendants.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553070798
• ISBN13: 9781553070795
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Resources Supporting Family & Community Legac
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"