" Held me captive right from the start."-Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered "Her clear voice and simple but elegant style easily turns this work into a real page-turner."-Library Journal "A vivid tale of a faraway time."-Asian Week "Beautifully combines the hardships and brutality of the kidnapping of a Chinese man, conditions on the slave ships, and the bitterness of backbreaking labor in a foreign land with the sadness and determination of a wife and family back home.
" Held me captive right from the start."-Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered "Her clear voice and simple but elegant style easily turns this work into a real page-turner."-Library Journal "A vivid tale of a faraway time."-Asian Week "Beautifully combines the hardships and brutality of the kidnapping of a Chinese man, conditions on the slave ships, and the bitterness of backbreaking labor in a foreign land with the sadness and determination of a wife and family back home.