[BCMA] Meet Me in Venice by Suzanne Ma - book launch & photo-exhibit

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Join us on Sunday March 8th to meet Suzanne Ma, pick up a copy of her new
book, and see exclusive photos of Suzanne’s journey tracing contemporary
Chinese diaspora in Europe.

 

MEET ME IN VENICE: 

A Chinese Immigrant's Journey from the Far East to the Faraway West 

 

Suzanne Ma 

February 16, 2015 

“An eye-opening tale about picking up and leaving home in search of a better
life.” 

- Jan Wong, award-winning author of Red China Blues and Beijing Confidential


 

When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating
city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in
her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But
when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from
the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei
to work in a small-town café. Rather than giving up and returning to China,
a determined Ye Pei takes on a grueling schedule, resolving to save enough
money to provide her family with a better future. 

Meet Me in Venice provides a personal, intimate account of Chinese
individuals in the very act of migration through groundbreaking journalism.
Suzanne Ma approaches the question as to why Chinese people choose to
immigrate to nations where they endure hardship, suspicion, manual labor and
separation from their loved ones in this dynamic story. Following Ye Pei’s
undaunted path, this inspiring book is an engrossing read for those eager to
understand contemporary China and the enormous impact of Chinese emigrants
around the world.

 

 

 




Susan Ma
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