I recommend "A Pair of Tickets", to anyone who has is having trouble figuring out "who they are" in regards to culture and heritage.
The story is about Jing-Mei Chinese woman whose mother had recently passed. She has just found out about the twin half-sisters which she has in China. She and her father decide to go visit the twins and other family in China. During her journey in China, Jing-Mei ends up feeling like she has "become Chinese", something she had struggled to accept her entire life.
I myself have an issue with my heritage; I don't know what it is! My mother is adopted and my father abandoned the family when I was born. So I have no idea what my heritage is.
I almost feel like Jing-Mei was taking her heritage for granted for a very long time!
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