In Amy Cheung's first novel, where does the tree that she writes about originate from?
Amy Cheung (writer) Amy Siu-haan Cheung (; born November 3, 1967) is one of Hong Kong's most popular writers, well known throughout the Chinese-speaking world for her books on love and relationships. Her first novel, "Women on the Breadfruit Tree", appeared in serialized form in the daily newspaper Ming Pao. She has written more than forty widely acclaimed books, including novels and essay collections. She was named one of the ten richest Chinese authors in 2013, as well as one of the ten most influential microbloggers on Weibo, with more than 64 million followers.
Shanghai Girls Shanghai Girls is a 2009 novel by Lisa See. It centers on the complex relationship between two sisters, Pearl and May, as they go through great pain and suffering in leaving war-torn Shanghai, and try to adjust to the difficult roles of wives in arranged marriages and of Chinese immigrants to the U.S. This work marks a return to many of the themes the author addressed in her first major work, "On Gold Mountain", a memoir of her family's history. The novel is set between 1937–57 and matches Parts IV and V of the memoir.