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Once Our Lives

Life, Death and Love in the Middle Kingdom

Qin Sun Stubis

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English
Guernica Editions,Canada
10 October 2023
Glamour UK Best New Books of June 2023 Pick

Gold Book Award Winner - Nonfiction Authors AssociationBook Awards

Once Our Lives is the true story of four generations of Chinese women and how their lives were threatened by powerful and cruel ancient traditions, historic upheavals, and a man whose fate

cursed by an ancient superstition

dramatically altered their destinies. The book takes the reader on an exotic journey filled with luxurious banquets, lost jewels, babies sold in opium dens, kidnappings by pirates, and a desperate flight from death in the desert

seen through the eyes of a man for whom the truth would spell disaster and a lonely, beautiful girl with three identities.
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Imprint:   Guernica Editions,Canada
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   512g
ISBN:   9781771837965
ISBN 10:   1771837969
Series:   GWE Creative Non-Fiction
Pages:   366
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Qin Sun Stubis, author of the historical memoir, Once Our Lives, is a Chinese-American writer in the Washington, D.C. area. She is a longtime newspaper columnist and writes poems, essays, short stories and original Chinese tall tales inspired by traditional Asian themes.

Reviews for Once Our Lives: Life, Death and Love in the Middle Kingdom

"""A well-written, beautifully immersive book that, while non-fiction, reads even better than fiction. Very highly recommended.""--Readers Favorite ""A wide-ranging story that keeps the reader engaged throughout."" --Kirkus Reviews. ""Stubis is not the first to write about a Chinese family's history from World War II through the Cultural Revolution, but her book stands out . . . it reads like a novel, poetic and descriptive."" --Asian Review of Books. ""Stubis' book stands out ... it reads like a novel, poetic and descriptive."" --Asian Review of Books"


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