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A review by okiecozyreader
Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong by Susan Blumberg-Kason
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I loved reading this book about my friend Susan Blumberg-Kason’s life trying to be a Good Chinese Wife. I have known Susan a few years through her bookstagram account and she has been such a lovely friend! I knew she wrote reviews about Chinese / Asian books but I didn’t know her background spending time in Hong Kong or mainland China. I saw someone mention Susan’s writings about her marriage so I looked it up and found this book.
This is such an interesting memoir about her time in school in Hong Kong, meeting her husband and their relationship and marriage. I feel like her romance with her husband reminded me of the way people feel in so many romance books. I thought she wanted to be the Good Chinese Wife, but realized at some point, she wasn’t married to a good Chinese husband. I can’t imagine what the cultural differences would be like in a marriage. I am also glad she tells the reader how her story ended (happily).
This book is available on hoopla right now, if you want to read it!
“The next morning, I asked my boss for the afternoon off three Thursdays from then. When I told her the reason, she grinned and said I was a good Chinese wife.” Ch 25
“Throughout those five years, I had tried to be a good Chinese wife but had ended up almost losing myself.” Epilogue
This is such an interesting memoir about her time in school in Hong Kong, meeting her husband and their relationship and marriage. I feel like her romance with her husband reminded me of the way people feel in so many romance books. I thought she wanted to be the Good Chinese Wife, but realized at some point, she wasn’t married to a good Chinese husband. I can’t imagine what the cultural differences would be like in a marriage. I am also glad she tells the reader how her story ended (happily).
This book is available on hoopla right now, if you want to read it!
“The next morning, I asked my boss for the afternoon off three Thursdays from then. When I told her the reason, she grinned and said I was a good Chinese wife.” Ch 25
“Throughout those five years, I had tried to be a good Chinese wife but had ended up almost losing myself.” Epilogue