"The accounts of both worlds -- especially that
offered by Lee's mother, Poy Jen -- are richly drawn and evocative,
lending the book the dreamy wish-I-were-there appeal of a travel
memoir." -- Salon.com -- 02/08/07
"...Peppered with wit and sarcasm... ...gracefully
told saga..." -- Entertainment Weekly A- Review, 02/07
"...rich, double-stranded memoir..." -- San
Francisco Chronicle -- 02/04/07
"...this remarkable memoir... ... Fans of Amy Tan and
Maxine Hong Kingston shouldn’t hesitate to embrace this..." --
Publishers Weekly Starred Review -- 11/20/06
