I was a bit drawn back that the author, Maxine Hong Kingston, chose to reveal such private details about her family in the first couple of lines. After reading the first paragraph, I was okay. Still, it did not take away from the suspense of the memoir or reading. I did not mind knowing the basis of the story in the beginning. In fact, it made me find the book more interesting. Other may disagree, but I feel like Kingston’s methodology behind this was brilliant.It was as if a load had been lifted off my should and now I could read in peace and contentment. Now, I didn’t necessarily have to wait to the “end” to put the pieces of the story together. In a way, it made it more suspenseful because if the author could disclose such vivid information
