Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a married woman's letter needed to include the usual complaints -- that we were pathetic, powerless, worked to the bone, homesick, and sad. We were supposed to speak directly about our feelings without appearing ungrateful, no-account, or unfilial.

She has written for and led in many cultural events emphasizing the importance of Los Angeles and Chinatown. Dragon Bones. Dreams of Joy.

See has completed a sequel titled Dreams of Joy which was released May 31 2011. Her Chinese-American family has had a great impact on her life and work. Shanghai Girls (2009) chronicles the lives of two sisters who come to Los Angeles in arranged marriages and face among other things the pressures put on Chinese-Americans during the anti-Communist mania of the 1950s.