Book description
When she loses her job and her lover in one fell swoop, art history professor Rose Ming agrees to accompany her mother on an annual visit to relatives in her Chinese hometown of Three Rivers. Once there, Rose learns that she, her mother, aunt, and her cousin, Hong-Mei, have all…
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1 author picked Flowing Water, Falling Flowers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a formally trained teacher of English for Speakers of Other Languages, I'm always enamored with books written in English by those for whom it is not their first language. The author brings to life the unique cross-cultural heritage of a person who has part of their soul in two separate continents. In addition to learning historical details about Chinese culture, the book has a non-western story arc that makes it feel distinctly different from other works.
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