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

September 7, 2017September 28, 2017 Jocelyn Eikenburg 7 Comments 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

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.

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

July 13, 2017July 12, 2017 Jocelyn Eikenburg 5 Comments 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

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

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

February 12, 2016February 11, 2016 Jocelyn Eikenburg 1 Comment AMWF, AMWF romance, Ferry Tale, Hong Kong, Shannon Young

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!)

The Good Shufu

2015 Gift Recommendations For Books Featured On This Blog

November 30, 2015November 26, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 10 Comments 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

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

Year of Fire Dragons

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

July 17, 2015July 16, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 10 Comments 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

“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.

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

July 3, 2015July 2, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 25 Comments 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

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!

Gift Recommendations For Books Featured On This Blog

December 1, 2014November 30, 2014 Jocelyn Eikenburg 12 Comments 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

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.

Book Reviews Double Happiness Guest Posts

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

November 7, 2014November 26, 2014 Jocelyn Eikenburg 34 Comments 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

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

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

May 2, 2014May 1, 2014 Jocelyn Eikenburg 15 Comments How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, publications, Shannon Young, Signal 8 Press

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