Drawing on years of immersion in traditional chinese culture, medicine, and martial arts, pai kit fai, who worked as a merchant marine, a writer, and a creative director for an advertising agency before marrying into one of hong kong s founding eurasian families, delivers a mesmerizing tale of passion and courage in this, his first novel. Book of the weekthe concubines daughter susan blumbergkason. Buy a cheap copy of the concubines children book by denise chong. The concubine s daughter is part history, part romance, part drama, part legend, part martial arts, part tragedy, and part poem. First of all, the protagonist minglan does not have any unbelievable powers or skills from her modern persona. Book 162 is parable of the talents by octavia butler, the sequel to parable of the sower, and it was another fantastic one. Carefully balancing cool observation and compassion, chong writes extraordinary history and gives voice to the chinese immigrant experience. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Buy this book in 1906 southern china, newborn lixia li is nearly murdered by her elderly.
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