Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories -- Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Paperback Jan Sardi Avoid time-wasting meetings and run

Avoid time-wasting meetings and run effective ones instead

waged a two-year war against stubborn adoption authorities to rescue Oksana from her circumstances

In a series of candid

"dressing up" and the fine art of seduction

with a master's degree in English

Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories -- Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Paperback Jan Sardi Avoid time-wasting meetings and runA startling and vivid debut novel in stories from acclaimed poet and translator Fiona Sze Lorrain, featuring deeply compelling Asian women who reckon with the past, violence, and exile set in Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Paris, and New York. Composed of several interconnected stories, each taking place in a year ending with the number six, ironically a number that in Chinese divination signifies "a smooth life," Dear Chrysanthemums is a novel about