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February Virtual Book Tour for AFTERSHOCK by Zhang Ling

A catastrophic disaster in China triggers a mother’s heartbreaking choice and a daughter’s reconciliation with the past in AFTERSHOCK, the engrossing novel by Zhang Ling, author of A Single Swallow and Where Waters Meet. Perfect for fans of Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Min Jin Lee.

“Translated from Chinese, award-winning author Zhang’s latest book traces the fractures of Xiaodeng’s past and present, weaving in vignettes from her mother, brother, and husband to craft a multigenerational saga. This beautiful, quietly profound story examines the resilience and fragility of humans in the face of disaster. But at its heart, AFTERSHOCK is about family and how we protect the ones we love.” – Booklist

In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the city of Tangshan, China. Among the hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for survival is a mother who makes an agonizing decision that irrevocably changes her life and the lives of her children. In that devastating split second, her seven-year-old daughter, Xiaodeng, is separated from her brother and the mother she loves and trusts. All Xiaodeng remembers of the fateful morning is betrayal.

Thirty years later, Xiaodeng is an acclaimed writer living in Canada with a caring husband and daughter. However, her newfound fame and success do little to cover the deep wounds that disrupt her life, time and again, and edge her toward a breaking point. Xiaodeng realizes the only path toward healing is to return to Tangshan, find her mother, and get closure.

Spanning three decades of the emotional and cultural aftershocks of disaster, Zhang Ling’s intimate epic explores the damage of guilt, the healing pull of family, and the hope of one woman who, after so many years, still longs to be saved.

Here’s the impressive lineup of bloggers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along:

2/5 – Kera’s Always Reading

2/6 – Nurse Bookie

2/7 – We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie

2/8 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

2/9 – Reading with Nicole

2/12 – Lilacs and Literature

2/13 – Aimee Dars Reads

2/14 – Purrfect Pages

2/15 – Totahly Booked

2/16 – Secret Reading Life

2/19 – Love My Books 2020

2/20 – Books and Coffee MX

2/21 – Michelle Loves Books

2/22 – Sue the Bookie

2/22 – Meg’s Book Club

2/23 – Danish Mustard Reads

2/25 – Subakka Bookstuff

2/26 – Dai 2 Dai Reader

2/26 – The Maddie Hatter

2/27 – Reading with Melann Rosenthal

2/28 – Lexijava

2/29 – Gloriana Wong

3/1 – Books n Bikram

Filed Under: Blog Tours Tagged With: Aftershock, Amazon Crossing, API reads, Chinese Literature, February New Releases, Literary fiction, OTRPR, Over the River Public Relations, Tanshan earthquake, translated literature, Zhang Ling

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MAY 2023 Virtual Book Tour for WHERE WATERS MEET by Zhang Ling

Coming May 1, 2023 — A daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and immersive novel by Zhang Ling, the bestselling author of A Single Swallow.

“This emotional and heartbreaking novel is a tale of courage, survival, and human resilience in the face of war and repression. Ling’s emotional story of a mother-daughter relationship will appeal to readers of Amy Tan, Xinran, and Jung Chung. ”—Booklist

“WHERE WATERS MEET brings us back to the turbulent decades in China where people fought one war after another, suffered famine, and endured political persecutions. However, instead of focusing on misery, Zhang Ling introduces us to those who defy their fates. They are brave enough to try sneaking across the border, determined enough to adopt a foreign tongue, and kind enough to care for their families no matter what. A true masterpiece filled with idiosyncratic yet admirable characters, suspenseful mystery, historical complexity, and ironic humor.” —Jianan Qian, O. Henry Prize winner and staff writer at The Millions

“I love this novel. It is an intriguing and moving story of a Chinese family who have survived terrible wartime sufferings. It reminds us of the resilience of the human spirit.  —Xinran, author of The Good Women of China and The Promise 

There was rarely a time when Phoenix Yuan-Whyller’s mother, Rain, didn’t live with her. Even when Phoenix got married, Rain, who followed her from China to Toronto, came to share Phoenix’s life. Now at the age of eighty-three, Rain’s unexpected death ushers in a heartrending separation. Struggling with the loss, Phoenix comes across her mother’s suitcase—a memory box Rain had brought from home. Inside, Phoenix finds two old photographs and a decorative bottle holding a crystallized powder. Her auntie Mei tells her these missing pieces of her mother’s early life can only be explained when they meet, and so, clutching her mother’s ashes, Phoenix boards a plane for China. What at first seems like a daughter’s quest to uncover a mother’s secrets becomes a startling journey of self-discovery.

Told across decades and continents, Zhang Ling’s exquisite novel is a tale of extraordinary courage and survival. It illuminates the resilience of humanity, the brutalities of life, the secrets we keep and those we share, and the driving forces it takes to survive.

We have lined up a group of highly regarded bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month May:

Monday, May 1 – NURSE BOOKIE

Tuesday, May 2 – PURRFECT PAGES

Wednesday, May 3 – SUE THE BOOKIE

Thursday, May 4 – LILACS AND LITERATURE 

Friday, May 5 – READING WITH NICOLE 

Monday, May 8 –  BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Tuesday, May 9 – WHAT IS THAT BOOK ABOUT 

Wednesday, May 10 – AIMEE DARS READS 

Thursday. May 11 – TOTAHLY BOOKED 

Friday, May 12 – MOMMA LEIGHELLEN’S BOOK NOOK 

Saturday, May 13 – READING WITH MELANN ROSENTHAL 

Monday, May 15 – BOOKOHOLIC CAFE 

Tuesday, May 16 – THE MADDIE HATTER 

Wednesday, May 17 – DAI 2 DAI READER

Thursday, May 18 – DANISH MUSTARD  READS

Friday, May 19 – SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Sunday, May 21 – ARMED WITH A BOOK

Monday, May 22 – WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE 

Tuesday, May 23 – LITERARY QUICKSAND 

Wednesday, May 24 – THE BOOK CLUB MOM

Thursday, May 25 – TINA MAY READS 

Friday, May 26 – GLORIANA WONG 

Monday, May 29 – LEXIJAVA 

Tuesday, May 30 – SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Uncategorized Tagged With: book club fiction, Canadian novelist, Chinese historical novel, Chinese Literature, Chinese novelist, historical fiction, Literary fiction, OTRPR, Over the River PR, Over the River Public Relations

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November-December 2021 Virtual Book Tour for Liu Xinwu’s Award-Winning Novel, THE WEDDING PARTY, Translated by Jeremy Tiang

We hope you will follow our virtual tour on behalf of THE WEDDING PARTY by Liu Xinwu and translated into English by the renowned Jeremy Tiang as we share daily features, book giveaways, excerpts and reviews.

“Covering one 12-hour day in December 1982, Liu’s magnum opus focuses on all aspects of a working-class wedding, from the earliest preparations to the final farewells, while telling intersecting stories about the inhabitants of the Beijing building where the celebration occurs.The novel is stuffed with Chinese history, the specifics of life in 1982 (including architecture, food, and clothing), and philosophical musings on time and what it means to be human. Each character in the Dickensian cast undergoes a private drama: They’re all fully developed people, with complete histories showing the varied and complex impact of Chinese communism, particularly the Cultural Revolution, on individual fortunes….A deep immersion in everyday life in Beijing after the Cultural Revolution.” — Kirkus Reviews, Starred review


November 16: NURSE BOOKIE

November 17: LITERALLY LITERARY CHRIS

November 18: TOTAHLY BOOKED

November 19: NEVER WITHOUT A BOOK

November 22: CHARLEY ROXY

November 23: THE MADDIE HATTER

November 24: READING WITH NICOLE

November 29: WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

November 30: LITERARY QUICKSAND

December 1: SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

December 2: JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER AND TEA

December 3: YVONNE LIU

December 6: TINA MAY READS

December 7: WHERE THE READER GROWS

December 8: WHAT IS THAT BOOK ABOUT

December 9:  SECRET READING LIFE

December 10:  BOOXOUL

Filed Under: Blog Tours Tagged With: Amazon Crossing, armchairTraveler, AsianLit, BeijingLiterature, Chinese Literature, ChineseFiction, Jeremy Tiang, Liu XInwu, Mao Dun Prize Winner, NovelInTranslation, ReadTheWorld, TranslatedLiteratrure

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