MESSAGE FROM AN UNKNOWN CHINESE MOTHER
Xinran Cahtto & Windus - $37.99

Xinran's latest title will be released in NZ this Friday, 5 February and Xinran is touring next month to promote the book as follows:

Tuesday 2 March, 8:00pm -Auckland event
Tickets available at the Woman’s Bookshop: 105 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby; (09) 376 4399
Venue: Raye Freedman Theatre, Epsom Girls Grammar, Auckland

Wednesday 3 March, 7:30pm - Christchurch Event
Tickets available from Whitcoulls or Ruth (03) 384 4721 or Morrin (03) 329 9789
Venue: Christchurch Girls’ High School, 10 Matai Street, Riccarton

Thursday 4 March, 6:00pm - Dunedin event
Tickets available at UBS, University Book Shop: 378 Great King Street, Dunedin; (03) 477 6976
Venue: Hutton Theatre, 419 Great King Street, Dunedin

Warning - I am part way through the book and I can tell you it is heartbreaking in places. Have tissues at hand.
Most appealing cover. Interesting page at the end of the book about Xinran's charity, The Mothers' Bridge of Love.

Born in Beijing Xiran is a successful journalist & broadcaster - The Good Women of China was her first book which told stories of women in rural China in the 20th century. She moved to London in 1977. If you missed her in 2008, at the ChCh Writers' Festival, here is another chance to hear this amazing woman.
Her charity, The Mothers’ Bridge of Love was founded to help disadvantaged Chinese children and to build a bridge of understanding between the West and China and speaks to mothers and adopted daughters everywhere.