The Wong Way to Marry

The 70s – an era when V8s ruled, motorbikes were naked, hair was long, Led Zeppelin and the Eagles ruled the airwaves … Meet the Wongs! Your ordinary, average, suburban, extended, post-war immigrant Chinese family – steeped in tradition and old-fashioned family values. This is Lillie’s story. Feisty, independent and unlike her compliant older sister Jane, she questions and challenges the dictates of her upbringing. An Asian girl, with a western mindset – caught between cultures. Her love of rock ‘n’ roll takes her into a world of music and mayhem. She falls in love with a dreaded gweilo (white boy) – strictly forbidden. Stu, a scruffy, longhaired, hippie muso – permanently broke and driving a clapped out old rust-bucket of a car, is far from suitable marriage material. Lillie’s mother, hell bent on getting all her children wed to the right people, would certainly not approve of him. Daria – Lillie’s younger sister is plain, serious, and incredibly fussy, searching for ‘the perfect husband’. Pete, their brother, just can’t get it together. He gets drunk, stoned and busted by the cops because of his dodgy mates. Chinese girls hate him. The two teenage girls are watching with great interest. Will mother succeed in her mission? Who will find love, fortune or happiness? A hilarious, heart-warming and incredibly funny tale of growing up ethnic … and the consequences of defying tradition.