praise for the book

• “Newly released in paperback, Susan Conley’s memoir about her family’s move to Beijing has a little of everything. It’s funny, sweet and charming, but it’s also moving and emotional.” SheKnows Book Lounge
• “When she and her family traded their house in Maine for a high-rise apartment in Beijing, Conley wasn’t ready to experience it through the lens of her own cancer diagnosis. A-.” Entertainment Weekly
• “This is a beautiful story of womanhood, motherhood, travel and loss, written by an author of rare and radiant grace.” author of Eat, Pray, Love
• “Luminous… Conley’s writing is at once spare and strong… [She] pulls the reader into her world like a close friend.” Publishers Weekly
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