I recently returned from my first trip to Paris and thought I would spend time there looking for their Chinatown or other Chinese influences like I did in Italy 20-some years ago. Back then I found a couple Chinese restaurants in Rome, but that was it.Not so for … [Read more...]
18th birthday dinner at Intro
All three kids are officially on summer break now and it seems like we just celebrated Thanksgiving. I don't know where the time has gone. On top of that, this summer is going to be crazy busy with travels, camp, and getting Jake ready for college, so I don't doubt that it will … [Read more...]
Treasures from a past life
For a while now, I've been thinking about the Chinese textbooks I used in college 25 years ago and how outdated they must seem now. I knew I'd kept at least one, and had looked through some bookshelves but it wasn't until this evening that I found one. And next to it was a … [Read more...]
An evening with Anna Michels
Tonight I attended a fun book event for my Good Chinese Wife editor! Anna Michels is my editor at Sourcebooks, but today is the publication date of her first novel, 26 Kisses (Simon Pulse, 2016). Isn't the cover just perfect?Her book is a young adult novel and sounds like … [Read more...]
Good Chinese Wife in Italian
I just learned that the Italian edition of Good Chinese Wife will be out on May 26! Check out the cover!According to my non-existent Italian, I think the title translates to A Brave Chinese Wife. It's so much fun to see how another culture interprets my book. For more … [Read more...]
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