Publisher's Synopsis
My mother was born and raised in China by her American missionary parents. Throughout my childhood growing up in Michigan, my mother and my grandfather told my brother and me stories about their life in the Orient. My grandfather was a superb storyteller and I was always fascinated by his descriptions of the Chinses people and their culture. Later I would live in both Korea and Japan, adding to my interest in the Far East. Each of these fictional short stories is anchored in Chinese and Japanese history and, in some part, on my firsthand experiences and those of my mother and grandparents.
"Stories of mystery and imagination that cover a wide range of often devastating challenges faced by people in ordinary life at a time when the divide between rich and poor was impassable. Reflecting the human truths of life in an earlier era, I loved every story in this collection."
Joan Heron, author of A Girl Grows up in New York City.
"You have strength as a storyteller and such a focused and unifying theme for these stories. I have truly enjoyed reading them and feel that you have incredible storytelling abilities."
Gloria Kempton, 2nd Draft
