Book Review of “The Better Mother” by Jen Sookfong Lee
Robin van Eck A Review of The Better Mother By Jen Sookfong Lee Knopf Canada (2011) ISBN 978-0-307-39950-2/ 0-307-39950-8 $29.95 In The Better Mother, by Vancouver writer Jen Sookfong Lee, we follow Danny Lim from the back alleys of 1950’s Chinatown in Vancouver — where he meets a burlesque dancer named the Siamese Kitten —…