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Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the 1980s, after decades of isolation, China opened its doors -- and Communism changed forever. As a foreign correspondent during this pivotal era, Dori Jones fell in love with China and with a Chinese man. This memoir recalls the euphoria of Americans discovering a new China, as well as the despair of Tiananmen.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Megan Stack was living in Beijing, she left her prestigious job as a foreign correspondent to have her first child and work from home writing a book. She quickly realized that caring for a baby and keeping up with the housework while her husband went to the office each day was consuming the time she needed to write. This dilemma was resolved in the manner of many upper-class families and large corporations: she availed herself of cheap Chinese...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Pearl Buck was one of the most renowned, interesting, and controversial figures ever to influence American and Chinese cultural and literary history - yet she remains one of the least studied, honored, or remembered. Peter Conn's Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography sets out to reconstruct Buck's life and significance, and to restore this remarkable woman to visibility.
Born into a missionary family, Pearl Buck lived the first half of her life in...
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