After a whirlwind trip to Hong Kong, I'm back in Chicago and excited to share photos and highlights from just four days in my favorite city. I hope you enjoy this post and the ones to follow. Here's day one!Tom and I stayed at the intersection of Wan Chai, Happy Valley, and … [Read more...]
East Coast Book Tour
Tom became a househusband for a couple days this past week as I took the Good Chinese Wife book tour out east. I made it to the venue, 5C Cafe, with one hour to spare. My generous cousins Trudy and Bruce own the cafe in the East Village. The reading was also an … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Evergreen
I have to admit that I first heard of Rebecca Rasmussen's new novel, Evergreen (Knopf, 2014) when I went to check out my own book. But I'm so glad I learned about it and read it. What a story.The book is set in northern Minnesota and takes place during much of the twentieth … [Read more...]
Friday evening with Rachel DeWoskin
Tonight I braved the elements to attend a reading for one of my favorite authors. I first learned of Rachel DeWoskin when she wrote her ground-breaking China memoir, Foreign Babes in Beijing (Norton, 2005) and have loved all her subsequent books.She has a new novel titled … [Read more...]
An evening with Nancy Cavanaugh
This weekend I had a great time attending the book launch party for Middle Grade fiction author Nancy J. Cavanaugh and her new book, Always, Abigail (Sourcebooks, 2014). Nancy is not only a local author, but we share the same, fabulous publisher!Her event was fun and … [Read more...]
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