Verkkoin a compelling blend of sociology and history, jenny lee exposes the indentured servitude chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the. Verkkoin one tale, two chinese women find jobs in a san francisco fortune cookie factory, where one is utterly perplexed when she learns that the. Verkkothe book is staggering in its scope, examining competing tales on the origin of the fortune cookie and then offering her authoritative version, the trials of. Verkkowho would have thought, from a fortune cookie and some power ball numbers you could learn the ins and outs of buying, owning and, selling a. Verkkothe only questions that remain are how ettie will convince these four ladies to follow the advice of the fortunes gifted to them, and what will happen if they do?. Verkkothe fortune cookie chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country. Debut author lee, a new york times metro reporter, has been fascinated by the culturally mixed nature of chinese.
