About the Book Nicole Mones transports readers to the fascinating world of elite cuisine in modern China with the story of an American food writer traveling in Beijing. Recently widowed Maggie MacElroy is unexpectedly called to China to settle a claim against her late husband’s estate. Shocked that he may have led a secret life, [...]
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Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
About Empress Orchid A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year “A fascinating novel, similar to Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha . . . A revisionist portrait of a beautiful and strong-willed woman.” — Houston Chronicle “Superb . . . [an] unforgettable heroine.” — People “A sexually charged, eye-opening portrayal of the [...]
Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
“Nothing less than brillant.” —ALA Booklist starred & boxed review “Historical fiction acquires new luster and credibility in Min’s brillant evocation of the woman who married Mao and fought to succeed him…[a] spellbinding novel.” —Publishers Weekly starred & boxed review “Brillant. We will never imagine Madame Mao the same way again. This is historical [...]
Red Poppies by Alai
About Red Poppies “Panoramic and intimate at the same time.” — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times “Lavish . . . A magnificent journey to another time and place [and] a scathing observation of power, brutality, and corruption.” — Helen Mitsios, Philadelphia Inquirer “Shrewdly satiric and wonderfully entertaining . . . A lusty tale of federal [...]
