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Book Review of Anne Salton Eisen’s Pillar of Salt

May 13, 2022 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Memoirs

Review: The Hong Kong I Knew by Mark Isaac-Williams

February 21, 2022 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 5 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong, Memoirs, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

November 13, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 5 Comments

My alma mater in Hong Kong has been in the news this week after it became a battle zone Monday night. I've posted photos of the campus before, but I wanted to put many of them here together just to show what a beautiful and peaceful place it was.The Chinese University was not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Memoirs, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Letter from Hong Kong, August 1994

November 3, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Just as e-mail was becoming mainstream in 1994, people still wrote real letters and I was no exception. I wrote to my grandma in Albany, New York, several times a month when I lived in Hong Kong. She kept all of my letters before she died at the age of 104.5 in 2007. This letter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Hong Kong, Memoirs, My Family's Travels, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

Book of the week–Crux

September 6, 2018 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I haven't posted a book of the week in forever, but it's only because I've either been out of town or was getting the kids ready for the new school year (3 schools in 2 countries). I read a ton of great books this summer and Crux by Jean Guerrero is the latest and one of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: Memoirs, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

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