The Flower Drum Song By C. Y. Lee (paperback)

Wang Ta wants what every young American Man at his age is searching for, a career and love.  Living in San Francisco with a father who reminisces about the old life in China, and a teenage brother who simply wants to be American, Wang Ta is on his own in this search, except for the loud opinions of his aunt Madam Tang. 

Originally published in 1957, The Flower Drum Song was an immediate bestseller and inspired a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.