I'm always looking for a new book set in Shanghai during the war. No matter how much I read about this fascinating time, I always find there's something new to learn.That was certainly the case in a new memoir by Patricia Luce Chapman. Tea on the Great Wall: An American Girl … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I haven't thought of Guangzhou in ages. But when I found this old photo a few weeks ago, it all came back.Back during the height of Good Chinese Wife, "Cai" returned to China for a few months to renew his passport and Hong Kong visa. I visited him in Wuhan and Hidden River … [Read more...]
Book of the week–I’m Not Chinese
I've really hit the jackpot this year with the books I've read. Last week I was looking around Amazon and found a new memoir set in Hong Kong by Raymond M. Wong. I'm Not Chinese: The Journey from Resentment to Reverence (Apprentice House, 2014) is a heartfelt story that will stay … [Read more...]
At work in Hong Kong
There are a few small, yet significant, scenes in Good Chinese Wife that take at my workplace in Hong Kong. A few months after I started my job as an editor at the Open Learning Institute (which later became the Open University of Hong Kong), my parents popped in for a visit. … [Read more...]
Winter wedding
In Good Chinese Wife, I don't write about my Chicago wedding reception (not enough room and it didn't really move the story forward). But I recently found photos from that party and thought I'd share some!My parents booked a lovely space at the old Printers Row Hyatt in … [Read more...]
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