A
memoir of a woman’s odyssey through 50 years of
turbulence in Asia, that takes us from Hong Kong to
Chungking to Nanking to Bangkok, and finally across
the four seas to the U.S. |
Journey Across the Four Seas: A Chinese Woman's
Search for Home
Price: $12.00
|
“This book is an amazing read.
When I finished it, I felt as if I understood Hong Kong,
China, the heroine Flora, and myself better. It’s
the Asian Grapes of Wrath.”—Adair Lara,
award-winning columnist, The San Francisco Chronicle
“This story brings out a centerpiece
of Chinese culture—education of the young. To
attain that end, a Chinese woman would sacrifice anything,
overcome any adversity. Like the mother of Mencius,
she is willing to uproot herself in search of the best
education for her children.”—Mi Chu Wiens,
Head of Scholarly Services, Asian Division, Library
of Congress.
“A gutsy Chinese woman remembers
with unsparing wit and candor growing up poor in British-ruled
Hong Kong,surviving the perils and privations of Japanese-occupied
China....This is history as biography that can bring
nostalgia attacks to old Asia hands. It’s also
an odyssey through life in the Chinese diaspora peopled
with funny and outrageous real-life personalities Amy
Tan couldn’t have imagined.”—Eduardo
Lachica, former Washington bureau chief of The Asian
Wall Street Journal. |
