![]() ![]() As she struggles to make a coherent picture of the clashing pieces of her life, Ruby at last begins to face reality as it is - and not what she wishes it could be. ![]() ![]() Sometimes the need for comfort returns her to the bed of her on-again, off-again boyfriend at other times she finds herself wandering from café to Manhattan café, seeking the one affair that might relieve her anxiety. The laundry parcels crowding the family living room, the distraction of her mother's Chinese cooking, and the sexual fantasies that envelop her combine to overwhelm Ruby. Restless and searching, she's suddenly forced to confront the family and emotions she tried to escape, especially her deep and protective love for her mother, a gentle, resilient woman who is emotionally estranged from Ruby's bossy, cigar-smoking father. Mei Ng invents a new genre of heroine in her. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Some things which she disliked, she now likes, and vice versa. As she takes up residence at the back of the family laundry in New York, Ruby Lee realizes her college education has changed her perception. Surprisingly world-weary for twenty-two, Ruby Lee is stunned to find herself back home at Lee's Hand Laundry in Queens after graduating from Columbia University. Description for Eating Chinese Food Naked: A Novel Paperback. A Chinese-American girl's return home from university. This piquant, irresistible first novel explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, a daughter's reluctant homecoming to a family she couldn't wait to leave.and her own sexual awakening. ![]()
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