It's December, so that time of year when literary lists come out in full force. Many publications post their favorite books of the year by genre or in general. I just realized I made a 2017 list, but way back on January 1st this year. Writer's Digest listed their 81 reasons to … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Road to Sleeping Dragon
Last week I read Michael Meyer's new memoir, The Road to Sleeping Dragon (Bloomsbury, 2017). I really enjoyed his first two narrative/memoirs about Beijing and Manchuria. This one recaps some of those, but goes more into his early years in China when he arrived in Sichuan with … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Start, Love, Repeat
Today is the publication date of my agent-sister, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun's debut book, Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love With Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-Up World (Center Street, 2018). I've known about her book deal for a while now and have loved following her … [Read more...]
Book of week–Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve
I'm not a perfect parent. And I'm not an expert in education. Years ago when I was first divorced and raising my toddler as a single a mother, I didn't speak Mandarin to him even though he spent his first two years hearing it from his grandparents (for the first year) and his … [Read more...]
An evening with Lenora Chu
Last night I had so much fun meeting Lenora Chu, author of Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve (Harper, 2017). She was reading at Common Good Books in St. Paul, Minnesota, a super cozy bookstore in a fun area near Macalester College. … [Read more...]
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