Why doesn't the narrator's mother tell the narrator that she has taken a Jobel The mother fears the narrator and her sister will show up all work,
The mother feels her job is not the narrator's business
The mother is waiting for a promotion to tell anyone she has a job
The mother is embarrassed that she has to work

The mother is embarrassed that she has to work

Explanation:

In the book, The White Umbrella, the narrator is a Chinese child in America who wants to be acknowledged as American and she was embarrassed that her mother had to work instead of taking care of them.

Wives were not supposed to work in traditional Chinese culture. They were to stay home and take care of their children so when the narrator's mother had to go back to work to make ends meet, she hid this from her daughters out of embarrassment.

she is later raised by him and his wife, madame valmonde, who sees her as gift from god, as the couple cannot have their own children. later, desiree falls in love with a wealthy man, armand aubigny, and they get married.

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