{"product_id":"book-launch-the-chinese-lady-by-bo-wang","title":"Book Launch | The Chinese Lady by Bo Wang","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ePre-purchase your copy of the featured title to guarantee your signed copy! This helps ensure that everyone who wants a book goes home with one, in case we sell out at the event. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBo Wang’s gorgeous and immersive debut historical novel immortalizes the life of the first Chinese woman to be brought to the United States in the 1800s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Sparrow, Julia, Afong Moy, Madame Moy, The Chinese Lady, were her many names . . . but her true name has been lost to time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1834 Afong Moy was brought to New York by two merchants as a live exhibit. Rising to fame as the first Chinese female in the United States, she became an oddity among curios as Americans marveled at the opportunity to observe her astonishing little feet, broken and bound to resemble lotuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the story moves from 1820s Canton to P.T. Barnum’s American Museum, to Gold Rush San Francisco, three women introduce us to her many names. Her mother calls her Little Sparrow and sells her to a captain who sails her to New York. The captain’s wife names her Julia and “graciously” treats her as her own. And when she is shunted off to P.T Barnum, her fellow human exhibitions call her China. Eventually arriving in San Francisco's Chinatown, she will at long last claim her name and her own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining archival research and brilliantly imaginative storytelling, Bo Wang masterfully fills in history’s gaps to weave a powerful narrative of survival in the face of hardship, tragedy, and betrayal. Told through the eyes of those around her; mirroring her life as an object on display, until we finally see the world through her own eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e ABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBo Wang was born in Cincinnati to Taiwanese American parents. Her childhood was peppered with stories of the Monkey King alongside those of Frog and Toad. A graduate of Sycamore Public Schools, Bo holds an A.B. in history and literature from Harvard College. She now lives in Boston with her family. The Chinese Lady is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIN CONVERSATION WITH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlice Evelyn Yang is a Chinese American writer from Norfolk, Virginia. Her debut novel, A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing, was selected by booksellers as an Indie Next and Indies Introduce pick and longlisted for the Women's Prize. She is the recipient of the 2023 Jesmyn Ward Prize from Michigan Quarterly Review, and her work has been published in MQR, The Rumpus, and the Asian American Writers Workshop's The Margins, among others. She earned her MFA from Columbia University. She currently lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","offers":[{"title":"Book with Ticket","offer_id":51993409126629,"sku":"Bo Wang 9.8.26","price":32.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Free RSVP","offer_id":51993409159397,"sku":"Bo Wang 9.8.27","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/2581\/1941\/files\/Template2026.jpg?v=1786225342","url":"https:\/\/yuandmebooks.com\/products\/book-launch-the-chinese-lady-by-bo-wang","provider":"Yu \u0026 Me Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}