What is the authors pov about the women she describes spies in petticoats

Spies in Petticoats by Lisa Torrey?

Explanation:

If this is the same Spies in Petticoats your talking of, the woman spies all come from different backgrounds. They were all very different, and thus each one of them had their own traits to provide. They all had infomation that was helpful to military leaders (on both sides). I would describe these women messanger spies. They would take the infomation they found or saw and relay it back to the military. Some of these women were on the Union, while others were on the Confederacy. Many of them were so passionate about their beliefs they would die for them.

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.