I loved reading this book about my friend Susan Blumberg-Kason’s life trying to be a Good Chinese Wife. I have known Susan a few years through her bookstagram account and she has been such a lovely friend! I knew she wrote reviews about Chinese / Asian books but I didn’t know her background spending time in Hong Kong or mainland China. I saw someone mention Susan’s writings about her marriage so I looked it up and found this book. 

This is such an interesting memoir about her time in school in Hong Kong, meeting her husband and their relationship and marriage. I feel like her romance with her husband reminded me of the way people feel in so many romance books. I thought she wanted to be the Good Chinese Wife, but realized at some point, she wasn’t married to a good Chinese husband. I can’t imagine what the cultural differences would be like in a marriage. I am also glad she tells the reader how her story ended (happily). 

This book is available on hoopla right now, if you want to read it!

“The next morning, I asked my boss for the afternoon off three Thursdays from then. When I told her the reason, she grinned and said I was a good Chinese wife.” Ch 25

“Throughout those five years, I had tried to be a good Chinese wife but had ended up almost losing myself.” Epilogue