If I had to describe Jocelyn Eikenburg in two words, they would be Renaissance Woman. Trained as a scientist, Jocelyn moved to China on a whim 15 years ago without knowing a drop of Chinese. Completely self-taught, she is not only fluent in Mandarin, but is also an expert … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
This is where I spent much of the summer 19 years ago. We had no cell phones, e-mail, internet, texting, or the like.I call it Hidden River in my memoir. With 1 million people, it's a two-hour car ride from Wuhan, the largest city in Hubei province.The summers were … [Read more...]
Book of the week–How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?
First I must add a disclaimer to this review. I'm a contributing author of this stunning new anthology, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? True Stories of Expat Women in Asia (Signal 8 Press), edited by Shannon Young. But I was sold on it long before I came to my story. In … [Read more...]
Nicki Chen
Nicki Chen has lived in places most of us can only dream about: verdant Washington State, where she grew up and now makes her home, but also the tropics of the Philippines and the South Pacific.Her late husband grew up on a little known island in China called Gulangyu, which … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
With just under two months until the publication date of GOOD CHINESE WIFE, I thought I'd post this photo of my wedding rings from that marriage.I actually just recovered these rings after tucking them under a bathroom sink for seven years and completely forgetting what I'd … [Read more...]
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