After a whirlwind trip to Hong Kong, I'm back in Chicago and excited to share photos and highlights from just four days in my favorite city. I hope you enjoy this post and the ones to follow. Here's day one!Tom and I stayed at the intersection of Wan Chai, Happy Valley, and … [Read more...]
Interview with author Lee Kofman
I am so excited to feature an interview with author Lee Kofman! Her new memoir, The Dangerous Bride (Melbourne University Press, 2014) is an honest, thrilling story about marriage, immigration, and identity. I hope you enjoy the interview.I was intrigued by the path your … [Read more...]
SEVEN LETTERS FROM PARIS Blog Tour!
I am beyond thrilled to be a part of Samantha Verant's blog tour for her new memoir, Seven Letters from Paris (Sourcebooks, 2014). I read this book in two days and it's quickly become one of my favorite memoirs ever!Samantha and I share a publisher, and that's how I first … [Read more...]
Lee Kofman
I first came across Lee Kofman thanks to a mutual friend in China, Stuart Beaton. Based in Australia, Lee was born in the Soviet Union and grew up in Israel. She's the author of three novels in Hebrew and now of a fabulous brand new memoir in English, The Dangerous Bride: A … [Read more...]
An afternoon at the theatre
Today I took the afternoon off and met my mom and friend Mary at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago to see The World of Extreme Happiness, a play by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig.With an all-Asian all-star cast, the play tells the story of Sunny Li, a peasant girl born to unfortunate … [Read more...]
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