ABSTRACT
Natalie, a daughter of Taiwanese immigrants to America, grew up in Brooklyn – where her parents still live. Her father worked as a waiter, and her mother worked long hours in a dry-cleaning store. Natalie’s life has been remarkably different to that of her parents – largely the result of her parents’ efforts to get a good college education for their only daughter. She keeps in regular touch through phone calls; she has also recently purchased a computer for her parents, to ‘keep close’ through email. In communication as they are, Natalie misses direct contact with her parents, and often feels worried that she lives so far away from them. These anxieties have been tempered somewhat of late, however, as Natalie is planning a holiday to the US. In addition to seeing her parents, she has also scheduled to meet Ross in Brooklyn – to introduce him to her family.
