Sweet Mandarin: The Courageous True Story of Three Generations of Chinese Women and Their Journey from East to West
Author(s): Helen Tse
Spanning almost 100 years, this memoir recounts the lives of one family of remarkable Chinese women. Their journey takes readers from the poverty of village life in mainland China to prosperous 1930s Hong Kong and finally to the UK. 8-page b&w photo insert.
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HELEN TSE grew up in Manchester, UK. She studied law at Cambridge University and went on to work as a finance lawyer in London, Hong Kong, and Manchester. She opened the restaurant Sweet Mandarin with her two sisters, Lisa and Janet, in 2004, following the culinary footsteps of her mother and grandmother. Helen Tse is the first British born Chinese author and SWEET MANDARIN is her debut.
General Fields
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- : St Martin's Press
- : St Martin's Press
- : 0.399
- : 208mm X 137mm X 23mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Helen Tse
- : Paperback / softback
- : 647.95092
- : 279
- : black & white illustrations