![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kwei-lan's brother has not fulfilled his duty in his parents' eyes, and soon his wife Mary is pregnant with their first child. The family will not accept her, and tell him to give her money and send her back to America. Kwei-lan's brother and his wife Mary go to China to see if they can convince his family to accept her. He has a friend write back to his family that he has married an American woman (his parents have already selected a Chinese woman for him to marry when he returns to China). Kwei-lan has an older brother who has been living in United States for a few years. After they bond, they have a son together. He is a medical doctor and does not seem to take interest in her until after she asks him to unbind her feet. They do not live in her parents' courts (which was expected in China then). Kwei-lan is put into an arranged marriage, but her husband is not what she expects. It focuses on a Chinese woman, Kwei-lan, and the changes that she and her family undergo. East Wind: West Wind is a novel by Pearl S. ![]()
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