6/30/2023 0 Comments Beautiful as Yesterday by Fan Wu![]() ![]() ![]() Amid all it stirs up, it becomes clear that the uneasy relationship between the sisters has roots deeper than either had ever acknowledged-and extends to their parents and their homeland. When their widowed mother travels to the United States for the first time, they can’t avoid a family get-together. Her estranged sister Ingrid has never settled for anything she prefers her bohemian friends’ culture to her own, and is haunted by her college boyfriend’s tragic death. Yet she is tormented by adultery, a grudge toward her parents, and her despair at work. Mary is the older of the two seemingly a devoted wife, mother, and churchgoer. Mary and Ingrid are sisters who were born and brought up in China but now reside in the United States. ![]()
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