Chopstick Childhood

Chopstick Childhood

Nona Mock Wyman

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Left by her mother at the Ming Quong Orphanage for Chinese girls in Los Gatos, CA in 1935, two and a half year old Nona was the youngest girl there. This memoir tells the story of Nona's childhood and the lifelong friendships made with her new family.

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