The Kitchen God's Wife
Why does Pearl keep her multiple sclerosis a secret from her mother in the novel, The Kitchen God’s Wife?
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Pearl keeps her disease a secret from her mother because she doesn't want her mother to worry and spout Chinese beliefs about how to take care of herself. Pearl doesn't tell her that she has multiple sclerosis because Winnie would carry on about what she could have done to prevent it by applying the appropriate Chinese mumbo jumbo.
The Kitchen God’s Wife