by Susan Conley
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 ...
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...
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...
Susan Conley's memoir is wonderful. First, it's about China, and then it's about her battle with breast cancer while in China, but throughout, her focus is on Aidan and Thorne, Conley's four and six-year-old boys. Alternately humorous, and tear-jerking. I recommend. [full review]
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