This summer I've been plowing through young adult graphic novels with a Chinese theme, but most of them are a bit too violent or over the heads of my little kids, age 6 and 8. So today I went to our public library to see if I could find any middle grade graphic novels set in … [Read more...]
Three-book giveaway!
I am so incredibly excited to share this giveaway for three new memoirs written by American women who live and found love in Asia. Shannon Young's Year of Fire Dragons takes place in Hong Kong, while Tracy Slater's The Good Shufu and Leza Lowitz's Here Comes the Sun take place in … [Read more...]
Leza Lowitz
I am so excited to feature Leza Lowitz this month. She's the author of a dozen and a half books, but her heart-wrenching memoir, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras (Stone Bridge Press, 2015) that just came out on June 30th.Leza's memoir tells the story of … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
To celebrate the agreement to restore relations between the US and Cuba, I'm posting a photo from my trip to Havana and Varadero eleven years ago. It was such an amazing trip. Here I'm standing on the famous Malecon or waterfront promenade in Havana.Earlier that day some … [Read more...]
The water taxi to Chinatown
Some days stand out more than others and yesterday was definitely one of them. My friend Natasha asked a while ago about going to Chinatown for dim sum with our kids. So rather than taking my normal route of one of two major Chicago highways, I suggested taking the train and … [Read more...]
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