*I have finished reading the 1st chapter of the book Feathers From a Thousand Li Away:
Jing-Mei Woo - The Joy Luck Club
Jing-Mei "JUNE" , is the daughter of Suyuan Woo, Her mother died and she was pressured to fill her mother's shoes, in her story she's reminiscent about her past, how she lacked confidence and remembered what her mother told her that she was a late bloomer like Einstein.
Jing-Mei grew up being compared to Waverly, Lindo Jong's daughter, Their mothers would show off and tell something good about their daughters, Suyuan felt that Jing-Mei could do anything that she wanted to. She gave Jing-Mei intelligence tests and piano lessons. Her mother wanted her to excel and be proud of her. maybe there's something about her that would make her Mother proud.
The Last Paragraph of her part in the chapter ended like this...
And I am sitting at my mother's place at the mah jong table, on the east where things begin.
"The East is where things begin, The direction from where the sun rises, where the wind comes." -Suyuan Woo
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