"Homeward Bound"

In my opinion, Wu and her grandmother are living bookends. They are connected by much more than blood. They hold between them distance, being family but somehow strangers, the inability to understand each others past and present lives, and the need to keep in contact even though the lines of communication are slim. Wu wanted to know and share her grandmother's journey in life. I believe that she is curious about the era when her grandmother had her foot bound as a child. Like, "How was her foot broken? Why was she chosen to endure such pain? How many times was the procedure done to achieve the form it has now? How could she make it through life being sought as a cripple?" I'm sure that these question would be on any one's mind who heard this story.

Even though the death of her father was unexpected and thought of as being "Doubly Cruel", she felt like she was being deprived of her foundation and the bridge to connecting with her grandmother. But still Wu continued to visit her distant relative and cherished the time they spent as though it would be there last.