A Pair of Tickets

I think this was a satisfying way to end the story, with Jing-Mei telling of her journey to China to meet her long lost half-sisters. Seeing as her mother was absent throughout the book, I think it is nice to wrap it up with her one wish being fulfilled. Jing-Mei goes through a lot of drawn out anticipation and anxiety in this story, not knowing what to say or do when she sees her sisters. She is afraid they will be angry with her for not bringing her mother whom they think is still living. As soon as she meets them, however, something clicks inside them and they just know that she is gone. It was also an interesting experience for her to travel that long distance with her father and have the ability to grow closer to him. I think the parable in the beginning of the section relates to the mothers experiencing raising their children, learning through hard times that you need to let a person live and experience things, but to make sure that as they shed their innocence they must keep happiness in their hearts and never stop laughing. Throughout the book, the mothers have shed their sometimes hidden wisdom to their daughters and watched patiently as they learned. This was an incredible book and I am very glad to have had the opportunity to read it.