New York: Persea Books, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book - a collection of interrelated short stories about an immigrant Chinese family in Hawaii, and especially about their number-one son who comes of age with the secret that he is gay. Dj praise from such diverse writers as John Barth, Randall Kenan, Oscar Hijuelos and Stephen DIxon. Recommended. ISBN: 0-89255-1976.