Tiger Tail Soup: A novel of China at war

by Nicki Chen

Overview

Highly rated historical novel transports you to wartime China.
An Lee has the heart of a man. But when the Japanese invade China, she's forced to stay home while her beloved husband goes to battle. Until he returns, it's up to her to protect her mother, mother-in-law, daughter and soon-to-be-born son.
Surrounded by the enemy, An Lee buries the family gold, stocks the pantry, and watches in dismay as her former teachers flee to Hong Kong. Then, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and take control of China's international settlements, including An Lee's island home. To survive the next four years of occupation, she will need all the strength, resilience, and love she can muster.
Emotionally charged and lyrical, Tiger Tail Soup captures the drama and suffering of wartime China through the eyes of a brave young woman.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150309883
Publisher:	Dog Ear Publishing
Publication date:	08/25/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	288
File size:	541 KB

About the Author

Nicki Chen was born in Sedro-Woolley, WA, in 1943. While studying at Seattle University, she met her future husband, a Chinese engineer. They lived for a time in her hometown, but before their third daughter was a month old, his new job took them to a new home in the Philippines. They didn't return to the United States to stay for another twenty-two years. While abroad, Ms. Chen earned an MFA in Creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, a feat that required nearly round-the-world travel twice every year. In 1983 she visited Xiamen, China, her husband's birthplace and the setting for her first novel, Tiger Tail Soup.

Ms. Chen has been an accomplished Chinese brush painter and a batik artist. Currently she lives in Edmonds, WA, and spends her time writing and traveling to visit her far-flung children and grandchildren