Introduction

In a glitterati of keen effects, Fork and Spoon presents the debacle of triumph over the dark side of humanity, where doubt and suspicion leave their precious mark of evil against the brighter side of the rainbow.

Setting and Themes

In San Francisco Chinatown which describes a young Chinese American girls fascination with womanhood and romance, and the forays of her neighbors and her mother, Dora, who cant seem to make up her mind about what to do with the torrid affairs in the county. Richly embroidered with extended, juicy metaphor and episodic feats of muted joy, Fork and Spoon is a flying testament to Chinese feminism, to suburban poetry, and to the secrets of the sylvan heart.

About the Novel

In Carrie Changs second novel, Fork and Spoon, a family growing up in the suburbs of SF Chinatown is embroiled over sibling rivalry, hypocrisy, and ambition as they experience growing pains.

Mona, a ten-year-old Chinese girl is independent, curious, and shy, an independent feminist at an early age searching for meaning in a wayward world of no regrets. Her brother, Ralph, chastises her for being such a loony, while he prays to saints, and their mother, Dora, brings them up in the thrill of the moment, while bemused Chinatown aunties look on.