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Tats Publishing
Paperback Price: $15.99
Kindle Price: $5.99
TatsPublishing, P.O. Box 425478, Cambridge, MA 02142
The book is available for order from your neighborhood bookstore and Amazon. Kindle version also available.
Kirkus Review: “Kwei chronicles a Chinese family through exile, homecoming and Maoism in this historical novel.”
The three sisters of the Huang clan disperse during WWII. Golden Bell attends Syracuse University. Silver Bell attends a nearby American high school. Coral Bell, the youngest, remains in Shanghai, along with her mother, a concubine. The expat sisters return to China. Golden bell weds an industrial tycoon. Silver Bell marries an unscrupulous philanderer and mysterious manipulator. Coral Bell becomes a communist Red Guard. The three stories are intercut and eventually converge during the cultural revolution. Set in Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York between 1945 and 1968, the novel takes readers on a journey from the Nanking Massacre and Korean War to the Great Leap forward, English colonial rule in Hong Kong, and immigration to America. The silk thread that binds the story is the solidarity of these three strong, complex female characters that guide their family during their heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting struggle. A powerful saga of love and survival.
"A sequel of sorts to A Concubine for the Family, this novel further analyzes China’s shifts in the 20th century through the lens of one family. The writing is frequently striking ... the trials of the family are compelling and, at times, heart wrenching and leaves the reader with a new perception of the forces that shaped modern China. An absorbing exploration of mid-20th-century China through the story of a fractured family”
Book talk at
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Dec 10, 2016
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Book talk at
Pitkin County Library, Aspen, CO
Mar 26, 2017
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Amy Kwei’s interview by Mary Sit
of Asian Focus, NBC, Ch 7 in Boston
on April 12, 2017.
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Book talk at
Peabody Library, Danvers, MA
Apr 30, 2017
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Book Talk and Discussion at
MATSOL 2017 Conference
at Sheraton Framingham Hotel
June 2, 2017
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Book talk at
University Towers, New Haven, CT
May 5, 2017
Amy Kwei’s interview by Veronica
Andrews on Danvers Community
Access Television on June 30, 2017
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Book Talk and Discussion at
Museum of Chinese American
in New York City, NY
Sep 17, 2017
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Book Talk at
Yale-China Association
New Haven, CT
Jun 1, 2018
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Book Talk at
Esplanade Condo
Cambridge, MA
Oct 25, 2018
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