I am incredibly excited to speak to the Chinese American Librarians Association and the Association of Jewish Libraries--and anyone else who would like to attend--about my forthcoming book, Bernardine's Shanghai Salon. There is still time to register here. And it's entirely … [Read more...]
Book Deal News!
Back in August, which seems like ages ago, I received some amazing news.Yes, I have a new book out in January 2024 and have been working on it for almost four years. Can you remember four years ago? It seems like that was different lifetime for all of us. I feel so … [Read more...]
Book Review: China Hand by Scott Spacek
Beijing in the late 1990s was a far cry from what it is today. Stuck between the reform and opening era and the digital age, late 1990s China encapsulated a short period when its global economic rise was becoming very evident and the possibilities for the near … [Read more...]
Book Review of Anne Salton Eisen’s Pillar of Salt
Anna Salton Eisen lived in a household filled with sadness. By all appearances, she should have enjoyed a typical childhood in her comfortable Upstate New York and Maryland homes, yet an unspoken despondency loomed over Eisen and her brothers. Their parents George and Ruth were … [Read more...]
Review: The Hong Kong I Knew by Mark Isaac-Williams
Much has been said about Hong Kong's "development". Favorite landmarks like Queen's Pier, the Repulse Bay Hotel, and many others are gone forever. In his new book, The Hong Kong I Knew: Scenes and Stories from a Childhood in Kowloon (Blacksmith Books, 2021), Mark Isaac-Williams … [Read more...]
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