M elaine mar biography
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Mar, M. Elaine 1966-
PERSONAL:
Born Man Yee, 1966, in Hong Kong, China.
M elaine mar biography
Ethnicity: "Chinese." Education:Harvard University, undergraduate degree, 1988, M.A. (public policy), 1993.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Cambridge, MA. Agent—c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins, 10 East 53rd St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
CAREER:
Author.
Has worked as a youth caseworker and for a family counseling program in Dorchester, MA.
WRITINGS:
Paper Daughter: A Memoir (biographical novel), HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999.
Contributor to periodicals.
SIDELIGHTS:
Born Man Yee to a poor family living in Hong Kong, M.
Elaine Mar provides an emotional account in her first book of what it was like trying to fit into American society after her family moved to Denver, Colorado. Expected by her parents to adhere to the traditional role of obedient, passive daughter while feeling rejected by her American peers because she was ethnically different from them, as well as poor, Mar struggled for y