Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act
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Dai Yu's Transformation
Dai Yu takes on many identities, including disguising herself as a man at one point. "For the roost to work, the transformation must take place under the skin and all the corners of myself that I have not yet even come to understand," she says. 'It was a matter of believing oneself invincible and strong and owed everything'
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