Among the 36 Strategies, Running away is the top one

About the Book

Xuya Zhao runs from America to China, running away from her American problems. However, China is full of surprises for her, all kinds: the secrets her family has kept over the years, the unbreakable bond with her girlhood buddies, the magic power of her grandmother, the mystery of the jade pendants, the reunions and encounters with friends, sweethearts, acquaintances, and old enemies. Now she has a chance to settle those unsettled en en yuan yuan (passions and resentments) from the Cultural Revolution and to make sense of her complicated lives in both China and America. Thus, her return-home adventure turns into a journey of self-rediscovery.

About the Author

Chia Chen was born and raised in Hangzhou, China. In 1987 she came to Amierica to study and obtained a BA in Creative Writing from Queens College. Among The 36 Strategies, Running Away is the Top One is her first novel. This book was inspired by her first return-home trip in 1994. She set the stories in her hometown Hangzhou, a beautiful city known as the "Paradise on Earth" to the Chinese. She lives in her second hometown New York. She is a freelance fiction writer and is working on her second book.