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A Hundred Flowers: A Novel
by Gail Tsukiyama

A Hundred Flowers (7/24/2012)

I chose to review this book because I have been reading a lot about China both fiction and non fiction, especially about Mau. I found this book quite unrealistic in the way the family was able to get by when the Sheng had been sent to hard labor camp for his alledged letter …more

Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom
by Yangzom Brauen

Across Many Mountains (8/26/2011)

A compelling, personal account of the lives of three generations of Tibetan women. A story of survival, faith, courage, and adaptation.I think this book should appeal to anyone interested in the Tibet/China conflict, Buddhism, and the strength of women. I found Yangzom …more

Your Republic Is Calling You
by Young-ha Kim

Your Republic is Calling You (7/4/2010)

What a great read! A tightly written psychological thriller. The novel takes place in the day after Ki-yong, an embedded North Korean spy, receives an email telling him to report into home base after twenty years in South Korea. Although it is only a twenty-four time span …more

Sweeping Up Glass
by Carolyn Wall

Sweeping Up Glass (8/10/2009)

Carolyn Wall has a lot of talent. She is very good with words but needs to hone her story telling skills. She rambled through most of the novel then bombarded the reader with huge happenings at the end.

I found the generational repetition of the detached mother syndrome …more

Cutting For Stone
by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone (1/9/2009)

There are many interesting themes and characters in the book but I felt the book was overdone. Verghese gets so caught up in particular events such as the delivery of the twins that he loses the flow of the story. Although his knowledge of medicine is obvious and well …more

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