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22 Memoirs to Read with Asian Men & Western Women in Love

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on September 7, 2017 | 4 Responses

From stories of love and travel to serious reportage, these 22 memoirs featuring Asian men and Western women in love should be on your to-read list.

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged A Field Guide to Happiness, Again, Alex Tizon, AMWF, At Home in Japan, Big Little Man, Burmese Lessons, Dana Sachs, Diane Farr, Ellen Graf, Eve Pell, Foreign Babes in Beijing, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Mineta, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, Janet Brown, Judith Shapiro, Karen Connelly, Kissing Outside the Lines, Leza Lowitz, Li Cunxin, Liang Heng, Linda Leaming, Love, Mae Franking, Mae Franking's My Chinese Marriage, Mao's Last Dancer, Marriage in Translation, Married to Bhutan, memoirs, Miranda Kennedy, My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Rachel DeWoskin, Rebecca Otowa, Shannon Young, Sideways on a Scooter, Son of the Revolution, Susan Blumberg-Kason, The Good Shufu, The House on Dream Street, The Natural Laws of Good Luck, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Tracy Slater, Wendy Tokunaga, Year of Fire Dragons

Need a Good Summer Read? Try These 28 Books Featured on the Blog

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on July 13, 2017 | 4 Responses

Whether you’re chilling out on the beach or cooling down indoors, here’s my list of recommended summer reads I’ve featured here on the blog

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged A Bollywood Affair, A Field Guide to Happiness, Alex Tizon, Atom Yang, Big Little Man, Celeste Ng, Dana Sachs, Empire of Glass, Everything I Never Told You, Ferry Tale, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Buchele Mineta, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, Huan Hsu, Janet Brown, Kaitlin Solimine, Kelli Estes, Leza Lowitz, Linda Leaming, Love Me Anyway, My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Nicki Chen, Parsley & Coriander: Life in China with Italian flavor, Pearl River Drama: Dating in China, Quincy Carroll, Ray Hecht, Red Envelope, Shannon Young, Sonali Dev, South China Morning Blues, Susan Blumberg-Kason, Susan Chan, The Empress of Bright Moon, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk, The Good Shufu, The Moon in the Palace, The Porcelain Thief, The Reluctant Brides of Lily Court Lane, The Secret of The Nightingale Palace, There's Something I Want to Tell You: True Stories of Mixed Dating in Japan, Tiffany Hawk, Tiger Tail Soup, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Tracy Slater, Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside, Weina Dai Randel, Year of Fire Dragons, Yuta Aoki

Exclusive $0.99 E-Book Deal on New AMWF Romance Novel “Ferry Tale” (Ends in 24 Hours!)

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on February 12, 2016 | 1 Response

Shannon Young just launched her new AMWF romance novel “Ferry Tale: A Hong Kong Love Story”; I’m offering an exclusive $0.99 e-book deal (24 hours only!)

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged AMWF, AMWF romance, Ferry Tale, Hong Kong, Shannon Young

2015 Gift Recommendations For Books Featured On This Blog

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on November 30, 2015 | 10 Responses

Great gifts for book lovers, including memoirs echoing “Eat, Pray, Love”, sizzling romances, nonfiction on Chinese culture/history, and fun expat comics.

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged A Bollywood Affair, Grace Buchele Mineta, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, Huan Hsu, Leza Lowitz, Mingmei Yip, My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy, Pearl River Drama: Dating in China, Ray Hecht, Secret of a Thousand Beauties, Shannon Young, Sonali Dev, South China Morning Blues, Susan Chan, The Good Shufu, The Porcelain Thief, The Reluctant Brides of Lily Court Lane, There's Something I Want to Tell You: True Stories of Mixed Dating in Japan, Tracy Slater, Year of Fire Dragons, Yuta Aoki

Interview with Shannon Young on Her Memoir “Year of Fire Dragons”

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on July 17, 2015 | 9 Responses

“Year of Fire Dragons” details the life-changing year Shannon Young spent in Hong Kong while in a long-distance relationship with her Eurasian boyfriend.

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged A Kindle in Hong Kong, Eurasian, Eurasian men, Hong Kong, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, long-distance dating, long-distance relationship, Shannon Young, Year of Fire Dragons

Enter to Win 3 AMWF Memoirs of Love, Travel and Life in Asia (Ends July 7)!

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on July 3, 2015 | 25 Responses

If you love stories of AMWF couples, here’s your chance to win 3 AMWF memoirs of love, travel and life in Asia! Open to anyone in the world — ends July 7!

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged AMWF, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, Leza Lowitz, Shannon Young, The Good Shufu, Tracy Slater, Year of Fire Dragons

Gift Recommendations For Books Featured On This Blog

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on December 1, 2014 | 12 Responses

Does your holiday shopping list include book lovers? I’ve featured a lot of books on this blog — including AMWF titles — that could make great gifts.

Posted in Articles | Tagged A Field Guide to Happiness, Alex Tizon, Almost Home, Big Little Man, books, Celeste Ng, Dana Sachs, Everything I Never Told You, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Buchele Mineta, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, Janet Brown, Linda Leaming, Love Me Anyway, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Nicki Chen, Shannon Young, Susan Blumberg-Kason, The Secret of The Nightingale Palace, Tiffany Hawk, Tiger Tail Soup, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Year of Fire Dragons

Shannon in Hong Kong, her husband's hometown.

Guest Post: My Very Own Mr. Darcy, Except Talkative And Half Chinese

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on November 7, 2014 | 34 Responses

Shannon Young writes, “He was an opportunity for a real live English romance, my very own Mr. Darcy, except…talkative—and half Chinese.”

Posted in Book Reviews, Double Happiness, Guest Posts | Tagged A Kindle in Hong Kong, AMWF, AMWF couples, AMWF love stories, AMWF relationships, AMWF romance, British, China, Chinese husband, Chinese men, English, Eurasian, Hapa, Hong Kong, multicultural relationship, Shannon Young, Year of Fire Dragons

My essay will appear in anthology of “True Stories of Expat Women in Asia”

Published by Jocelyn Eikenburg on May 2, 2014 | 15 Responses

My essay “Huangshan Honeymoon” will appear in the forthcoming anthology “How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit: True Stories of Expat Women in Asia”.

Posted in Articles | Tagged How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, publications, Shannon Young, Signal 8 Press

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Jocelyn Eikenburg

Jocelyn is a writer, blogger and the creator of Speaking of China, a blog about love, family and relationships in China, including AMWF love. She has been featured on the BBC and CCTV. You can find her writing in The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, the anthologies "How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?" and "Unsavory Elements", and other publications. Jocelyn is fluent in Chinese and working on a memoir. Learn more...

Published Works

Buy a copy of the fabulous 2014 anthology How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? and read my essay "Huangshan Honeymoon"!

My essay "Red Couplets" is also included in the 2013 China expat travel anthology Unsavory Elements.

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Books Featured Here

Exclusive $0.99 E-Book Deal on New AMWF Romance Novel “Ferry Tale” (Ends in 24 Hours!)
Interview with Susan Chan, co-author of the romance novel “The Reluctant Brides of Lily Court Lane”
Interview with Leza Lowitz on Her Memoir “Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras”

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Calling All Asian Men: What Do You Love About Western Women? 132 comments
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