The writing world is connected by way fewer than six degrees of separation, especially when the subject has anything to do with Chinese culture.Take author Susan Chan. She's the co-author along with Carol Polakoff of The Reluctant Brides of Lily Court Lane, a delightful novel … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Wherever I've lived, I've been super fortunate to have friends and family and friends of friends visit me. Whether it was Washington, DC, Hong Kong, San Francisco, or even Chicago, I've always enjoyed meeting up with these out of towners.Back during my Hong Kong years, I … [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...]
Book of the week–The Pacific Between
I am always on the lookout for the great Hong Kong novel, but haven't found much. So when I came across author Raymond K. Wong and his award-winning novel, The Pacific Between (Behler Publications, 2006), I quickly bought in on my Kindle. Wong is originally from Hong Kong.The … [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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