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Susan Conley
www.SusanConley.comFacebook: Susan Conley, AuthorTwitter: Susan_ConleySusan Conley lived in Beijing for close to three years and recently returned to Portland, Maine, with her husband and two sons. Her memoir about their time in China is called The Foremost Good Fortune and was released by Knopf... show more
www.SusanConley.comFacebook: Susan Conley, AuthorTwitter: Susan_ConleySusan Conley lived in Beijing for close to three years and recently returned to Portland, Maine, with her husband and two sons. Her memoir about their time in China is called The Foremost Good Fortune and was released by Knopf on February 8th, 2011. She is cofounder and former executive director of the Telling Room, a writing workshop and literary hub for the region. Her work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, as well as The Paris Review, Harvard Review, Ploughshares and other literary magazines. She is currently working on a novel for Knopf and settling back into life in the States.
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Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it 11 years ago
Willow Pears is an American teaching in Paris; she spends her spare time helping girls in a refugee center prepare for their immigration hearings. In the process, she finds herself falling in love with human rights attorney Macon Ventri ... but nothing about their story is romantic. From the painf...
More of the Most Happy Reader
More of the Most Happy Reader rated it 11 years ago
It is my habit to not read the cover excerpt of novels; I prefer to just dig in. I was surprised by the setting of Paris Was the Place; surprised in a good way and delighted to read a novel dealing with an issue close to my heart. The plight of immigrants, especially illegal ones first came to my ...
viim
viim rated it 13 years ago
I was really looking forward to reading this book, and I was hoping I would like it, because I will soon be transplanted into Chinese culture/country where I plan to raise my children. My future husband is a native, and I know my children will soon be overtaking my Chinese level by the time they're ...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it 13 years ago
Loved it! I have always lived in the city that as I was born in so doing something so daring as Susan did was exciting to me. To pick up and move from the U.S. to China for a two-year stint was daring and brave on her part especially with two small children and not knowing the Chinese language. I co...
Reflections
Reflections rated it 14 years ago
Susan Conely’s honest and introspective memoir Foremost Good Fortune is a gripping read involving multiple, interconnecting spheres. Covering the time surrounding the Beijing Olympics when she lived in China with her husband and young sons, it’s part travelogue, part chronicle of the expat experien...
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