Susan Blumberg-Kason

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    • When Friends Come From Afar
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The summer of 1995

December 13, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I recently came across some photos from 1995 China I didn't know existed. My grandma gave me a large box of photos to look through and I found these.In the summer of 1995, my parents flew to China to attend my wedding in Hubei province. They flew into Shanghai, where we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: China, Good Chinese Wife, Memoirs, My Family's Travels

Book the week–How to Hong Kong

December 11, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It always seems like I end one year and start a new one reading books published by Blacksmith Books in Hong Kong. Today as I waited for my kids at Sunday School and stayed indoors as the snow blanketed Chicago, I sat down with Lena Sin and Nicholas Tay's How to Hong Kong: An … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong, Memoirs, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

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

Photo Friday

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

It's hard to believe I was in Shanghai this time last year. I hadn't visited in twenty years and a few months, and figured I'd return in style for the World Congress on Art Deco during the first week of November, 2015.The Yangtze Hotel was one of my favorite buildings during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: China, Memoirs, My Family's Travels

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