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Endorsements for Journey Across the Four Seas
“I love this book. It is the true story of one unusual
woman who faces all of life's adversities and overcomes them
through sheer determination, grit and a bit of luck. While it
is the story of one woman, it is also a story that millions of
people will identify with. It has the makings of a bestseller
”—Frank Ching, senior columnist,The South China
Morning Post.
“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 and the joys and pains of raising a family with
a Kuomintang official’s privileged son she married.
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, writer
of Southeast Asian security and military affairs; former
reporter of The Wall Street Journal and Washington bureau
chief of The Asian Wall Street Journal.
“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; author
of 5 books including Hold Me Close, Let Me Go, and
Hanging Out the Wash.
“Aside from being well done and written this
book should also be very helpful in dispelling notions
that some Americans might have about the role of women
in China and Hong Kong in the early and mid-twentieth
century. This is an incredible story about a remarkable
Chinese woman; once started it is virtually impossible
to put down for long. To me the principal message was
the importance of initiative and hard work regardless
of the adversity. Networking was important (extensive
Swatow relations, Hong Kong University alumni, connection
with the Nationalist Finance Minister, and so on) but
only up to a point. Then initiative and hard work was
required to carry her through.”—Morris Morkre,
Economist at the Federal Trade Commission; Senior Lecturer
in Economics, Hong Kong University.
“This compelling story is vivid testimony to
the recent turbulent Chinese history and the prevalence
of traditional values seen through the eyes of a remarkable
Chinese woman, Flora, and written by her daughter, Veronica
Li.”—Marie Luise Wagner, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University
“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 compelling and intimate portrait of one Chinese
woman's life as she successfully navigates her way from childhood
through motherhood, ultimately immigrating to America. Challenged
at every turn by the chaos and instability that characterized
China from the end of the First World War through the transformation
of Nationalist China into Communist China, she is guided by her
abiding belief in both Catholicism and herself. That the story is
told by her daughter makes it all the more remarkable.”—
Rangeley Wallace, author of No Defense, a novel.
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