This week I read Kien Nguyen's haunting memoir, The Unwanted (Little, Brown, 2001). Instead of offering a summary upfront, I thought I'd share an early scene (page 10):Finally, my mother burst into the room with enough exuberance to burn out a lightbulb. Her off-white evening … [Read more...]
What I learned about raising children from my time in China
When I was a new mother of a baby boy 14 years ago, I vowed to raise him to treat women as equals. And years later when I had a baby girl I promised myself I'd teach her to feel good about herself no matter what.So yesterday at the salon, as I leaned back in a chair while … [Read more...]
A day of dumplings
It's spring break here in our Chicago suburb and suddenly I have three kids home all day. Yesterday we walked into town for brunch.Today we bought, ate, and read about dumplings.At the library this morning, I was thrilled to find Grace Lin's new MG novel, Dumpling Days … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Otherland
I first heard of Maria Tumarkin's memoir, Otherland (Random House, 2011) on Stuart Beaton's blog, http://rastous.podomatic.com, when he interviewed her while she was in Beijing for Australian Writers' Week this month. A day or two later, I read about her again when Shannon Young … [Read more...]
One month and counting
When I booked my flight to Hong Kong two months ago, my late April departure date seemed so far away. Now it's a month from today!I still remember that night Tom and I decided to buy those tickets to Hong Kong. I couldn't believe I was going to return to a place I hadn't … [Read more...]
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