The Question and Answer section for The Jade Peony is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The novel's overarching conflict occurs between the children and their family of origin, as they each mature and form more independent identities. The conflict is slightly different in each section of the novel, since each of the children faces...
She died of the complications of pneumonia.
To Liang, she is Poh-Poh, a Cantonese word for “grandmother.” To Sekky, she is “Grandmama,” and to everyone, she is respectfully known as the Old One. The Old One was born with a birth defect that made her “ugly,” and her father abandoned the...
