The Moon Goddess's Smile

<p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Secrets scars and stories</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> - </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>a fascinating historical novel of cultural & personal significance. </strong><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-<em> </em>Starred Revie<em>w Independent Book Review</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An observant and emotionally authentic novel of homecoming</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.  </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-<em> Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>A biomedical researcher returns to China to transfer her late grandmother's apartment to her male cousin so he can marry. However a simple legal task to save her dwindling clan becomes a bureaucratic nightmare and her interracial marriage in Boston begins to unravel. While she struggles to regain equilibrium between two clashing cultures her homebound journey evolves into a midlife self-discovery.</p><p></p><p>The story portrays a resilient Chinese family that has survived a tumultuous century. Ultimately it celebrates the human potential of reaching enlightenment during a crisis.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(255 255 255 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> Zoom Back</span></p>