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Spanning almost a hundred years, this rich and evocative true story recounts the lives of three generations of remarkable Chinese women. Their extraordinary journey takes us from the brutal poverty of village life in mainland China, to newly prosperous 1930s Hong Kong and finally to the UK. Their lives were as dramatic as the times they lived through. A love of food and a talent for cooking pulled each generation through the most devastating of upheavals. Helen Tse's grandmother, Lily Kwok, was forced to work as an amah after the violent murder of her father. Crossing the ocean from Hong Kong in the 1950s, Lily honed her famous chicken curry recipe. Eventually she opened one of Manchester's earliest Chinese restaurants where her daughter, Mabel, worked from the tender age of nine. But gambling and the Triads were pervasive in the Chinese immigrant community, and they tragically lost the restaurant. It was up to Helen and her sisters, the third generation of these exceptional women, to re-establish their grandmother's dream. "Sweet Mandarin" shows how the most important inheritance is wisdom, and how recipes - passed down the female line - can be the most valuable heirloom.
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Read this book. It is the story of an amazing family - three generations of Chinese women and their sweet and sour, hot and bitter lives (Xinran, Author Of The Good Women Of China )
Helen Tse tells a griping tale of struggle, laughter, love and food that marks Sweet Mandarin as a must read book. It is not only an immigrant account of life but also a universal touching story of survival that will move your soul as well (Ken Hom )
Fascinating stuff (Metro )
An amazing and charming read (Woman )
Tse captures the drama, colour and particularly the flavours of Lily's life (Scotland on Sunday )
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Helen Tse tells a griping tale of struggle, laughter, love and food that marks Sweet Mandarin as a must read book. It is not only an immigrant account of life but also a universal touching story of survival that will move your soul as well (Ken Hom )
Fascinating stuff (Metro )
An amazing and charming read (Woman )
Tse captures the drama, colour and particularly the flavours of Lily's life (Scotland on Sunday )
An extraordinary, moving account of the lives of three generations of Chinese women
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- EditoreEbury Press
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 0091913624
- ISBN 13 9780091913625
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine288
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Sweet Mandarin: The Courageous True Story of Three Generations of Chinese Women and Their Journey from East to West
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Reprint. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 277 pages. The courageous true story of three generations of Chinese women and their journey from East to West. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Codice articolo 306893
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