In "Rules of the Game" Lindo's daughter tells us about how she became a chess prodigy. Waverly also talks about how her mother used her as a bragging tool. This ends up with her going to her room and think of a chess game between her and her mom.
In "The Voice from the Wall" Lena St. Clair talks about how she translates english for her mother and changes the words to make her mom sound more "mainstream". Lena also speaks about how her mother was pregnant and then the baby died. She also explains a girl that lives next door who always argues with her mother.
In "Half and Half" Rose speaks of her mothers faith and her old bible. She then goes on to tell that her mom put it under the table leg because her mom had given up faith after her brother Bing drowned in the ocean and was never found. She also explains that she was getting a divorce with a person that her mother thought was not right.
In "Two Kinds" Jing-mei speaks about how she never was good enough for her mother not being a prodigy at anything. She then goes on to speak about she took piano lessons and found out her teacher was deaf so never tried. Then when she turned 30 Suyuuan gave Jing-mei a piano which she played after Suyuaan died and ended up playing it well.
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