Susan Blumberg-Kason

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    • When Friends Come From Afar
    • Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon
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    • Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls
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Book of the week–Last Train to Istanbul

June 5, 2018 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

 Back during World Book Week, I came across Last Train to Istanbul and was taken by its striking cover. I know I shouldn't judge books based on how they look, but I can't help it. I've blogged before about this, but pretty covers have yet to fail me. Maybe there really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: Jewish Asia

Paperback sale!

November 23, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday just around the corner, I'm excited to offer a special discount on the paperback edition of Good Chinese Wife! If you live in the US, I can offer it for $5 a copy including shipping.If you're overseas and are interested, please contact me at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: China, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Jewish Asia, Memoirs, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

Good Chinese Wife e-books $3.99 this weekend!

November 12, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

 Exciting news! The Kindle and Kobo editions of Good Chinese Wife are on sale this weekend (through November 14th) for the super low price of US$3.99! That's less expensive than a fancy coffee and half the cost of a cocktail.And if you read Italian, that edition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: China, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Jewish Asia, Memoirs, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

Book of the week–Fear of Flying

September 4, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I'd heard of Erica Jong's Fear of Flying for decades. It's known of course as a racy novel about a married woman who is in search of the "zipless f*&^"--an affair without any emotional attachments. But what I didn't know was that Fear of Flying is an AMWF novel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: Jewish Asia, Misc

Vicki Baum

December 31, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I usually feature living authors each month, but to start the new year I thought I would showcase one of my favorites and someone I thought about when I recently traveled back to Shanghai--and the Peace Hotel--for the first time in 20 years.Vicki Baum was an author, woman, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Author Tagged With: China, Jewish Asia, My Family's Travels

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