When I was writing my memoir, Good Chinese Wife, my agent asked me to find some tongue-in-cheek quotes to add
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Author: Susan Blumberg-Kason
Susan Blumberg-Kason spent her childhood in suburban Chicago dreaming of the neon street signs and double-decker buses of Hong Kong. As soon as she was old enough, she moved there to study. Her memoir, Good Chinese Wife (Sourcebooks, 2014), recounts her years in a Chinese family as a wife, daughter-in-law, and mother.
How Living in Hong Kong Turned Me into a Feminist
It wasn’t like I hadn’t grown up in a feminist household. My mom and her only sister had gone to
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Five Tips for Raising Kids After A WWAM Break-Up
We all go into relationships hoping for the best. More times than not we just assume our happily ever after is
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Does This Wedding Make Me Look Fat?
Back when I was in the market to buy a wedding dress in Hong Kong and China, I had the
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My Favorite Classic WWAM Novels
Back in my twenties, I read some amazing WWAM novels (and a family narrative) I still clearly remember two decades
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After the Love is Gone: Reclaiming a Place Associated with Your WWAM Relationship
This fall, an hour after I landed in Hong Kong for a short visit, I found myself walking along the
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