The Foremost Good Fortune

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The Foremost Good Fortune

Susan Conley, her husband, and their two young sons say good-bye to their friends, family, and house in Maine for a two-year stint in a high-rise apartment in Beijing, prepared to embrace the inevitable onslaught of new experiences that such a move entails. But Susan canâ€™t predict just how much their lives will change.

While her husband is consumed with his job, Susan works on finishing her novel and confronting the challenges of day-to-day life in an utterly foreign country: determining the proper way to buy apples at a Chinese megamarket; bribing her little boys to ride the school bus; fielding invitations to mysterious â€œsweater partiesâ€ and tracking down the faux-purse empire of the infamous Bag Lady; andÂ getting stuck in an elevator, unable to call for help in Mandarin.

Despite the distractions, there are many occasions for joy.Â From road trips to the Great Wall and bartering for a â€œstarter Buddhaâ€ at the raucous flea market to lighting fireworks in the streets for the Chinese New Year and feasting on the worldâ€™s best dumplings in back-alley restaurants, they gradually turn their unfamiliar environs into a true home.

Then Susan learns she has cancer. Â After undergoing treatment inÂ Boston, she returns toÂ Beijing, again as a foreignerâ€”but this time, itâ€™s her own body in which she feels a stranger. Â Set against the eternally fascinating backdrop of modern China and full of insight into the trickiest questions of motherhoodâ€”How do you talk to children about death? Â When is it okay to lie?â€”this wry and poignant memoir is a celebration of family and a candid exploration of mortality and belonging.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-02-08
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307594068

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2011-02-08
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307594068

The Foremost Good Fortune

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