In China, girls are bad luck and are often drowned. But Angela and her
sisters are lucky. They are born in America and allowed to live two
lives in one world: eating dim sum and praying the rosary; studying hard
at school and playing make believe with their dolls. With a Chinese
father who loves consumerism and an American mother determined to give
her daughters the opportunities she was denied, Angela and her sisters
grow up celebrating both their Chinese heritage and their American
culture. But when their father suddenly becomes ill, Angela begins to
question the limits of luck and the power of prayer--and to wonder
whether she will ever find the courage to be herself.