Suyuan Woo, mother of Jing Mei.

She had twin daughters in China. When they were babies, she left them because of the war also she lose her first husband. For Suyuan Woo, she never forgot the twins, she spent her whole life to find them.

Waverly Jong (daughter of Lindo Jong)

she was a proud and often spoiled girl. She was a champion chess player.

Lindo Jong(mother of Waverly Jong) a best friend of Suyuan Woo, but they fight constrantly. She wanted her daughter to be success and control her life. She was upset when her daughter married with a white man.

Lena St. Clair (daughter of Ying-Ying St. Clair)

Ying-Ying St. Clair mother of Lena St. Clair, she grown up in a rich family. She believed her haughtiness cursed her. Because she thought she was too good to any man. However, she got married with a bad man.

Rose Hsu Jordan (daughter of An-mei Hsu) she often felt guilty and powerless. She believed that her mother didn’t understand her. And wanted her to stay her marriage even she was unhappy with it. But then, she realized that all her mother wanted is for her to be strong.

An-mei Hsus she was a mixture of strength and weakness. She acknowledges that she also and her daughter Rose were sometimes too easily influenced by others. But she also had a very strong faith in her ability to make thing right.