What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan [in Christian Science Monitor]
13 Jul, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost
'What We Were Promised' depicts post-Mao China in a deft debut novel set in Shanghai Beyond divisions of class, culture, and background, a single African ivory bracelet connects a Chinese American ex-pat family, their staff who enable their (over)privileged lives, and their left-behind Chinese families in...