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The most extraordinary family you’ve never heard of.Born to Chinese immigrant parents, the Moy siblings grew up in an America that questioned their citizenship and denied their equality. Sophisticated and self-consciously modern, they challenged limitations and stereotypes in the United States and sought new opportunities in China’s tumultuous republic. Sometimes the risks they took paid off, but their occasional recklessness also led to infidelity, divorce, bankruptcy, and worse. Those in China faced pressure to collaborate with Japanese occupiers, making choices that had serious consequences for their siblings in the United States. Charlotte Brooks’s gripping tale follows the family back and forth across the Pacific and through two world wars, China’s Nationalist and Communist revolutions, and the Cold War—events that the siblings and their spouses helped shape. The Moys’ incredible story offers a kaleidoscopic view of an entire generation’s struggle for acceptance and belonging.
Charlotte Brooks is Professor of History at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is author of American Exodus, Between Mao and McCarthy, and Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends.
ContentsEditor's NoteForeword by Helen ZiaMoy Family TreeMoy Family and World Events TimelineProloguePart One: Family1. Kay, New York, 1910–19112. Ernest, New York, 1910–19143. Alice, New York, 1914–19184. Kay and Ming Tai, New York and Glen Ridge, 1918–19195. Ernest, Chicago and New York, 1915–19226. Alice, New York, 1920–19247. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1924–19278. Ernest and Ruth, New York and Shanghai, 1925–19289. Alice and K.S., Shanghai, 1925–192910. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1928–192911. Ernest and Ruth, New York and Shanghai, 1928–193012. Alice, Shanghai, Honolulu, and New York, 1930Part Two: War13. Kay and Ming Tai, Glen Ridge and Newark, 1930–193214. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai, 1931–193215. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1932–193416. Kay and Ming Tai, Newark and New York, 1933–193417. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai and New York, 1933–193418. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1934–193619. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1935–193720. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai, 193721. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai and New York, 193722. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1937–193923. Ernest and Ruth, New York and Shanghai, 1937–193824. Alice and Alfred, New York and Shanghai, 1937–193825. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1939–194026. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai and Hong Kong, 1939–194127. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1940–194128. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1941–194329. Ernest and Ruth, China, 1942–194330. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1942–194331. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1943–194432. Ernest and Ruth, Chongqing, Kunming, and Shanghai 1943–194533. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1944–194534. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1944–194535. Ernest and Ruth, Kunming and Shanghai, 194536. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai, 1945Part Three: Revolution37. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1945–194738. Ernest and Ruth, Shanghai, 1945–194939. Alice and Alfred, Shanghai and New York, 1946–194940. Kay and Ming Tai, New York, 1949–195041. Ernest, Hong Kong and New York, 1950–195342. Alice and Alfred, San Francisco and New York, 1952–195543. Kay, Ming Tai, and Ernest, New York and Taipei, 1955–195844. Siblings, San Francisco, New York, Taipei, and Hong Kong, 1958–1961EpilogueAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations for Frequently Used SourcesNotesNote on Methodology and SourcesIndex
“[Brooks] structures the history in snappy chapters, most only a few pages long, each focusing on a year or two in the life of one family member or another. The result is a soap opera in the best sense of the term. . . . A perceptive peek at an upwardly mobile immigrant family.”
