From the Back Cover:
"A richly textured tale of love, disappointment, family ties, and the ways in which our fantasies can sustain us . . . A charming debut."
--DANI SHAPIRO
Author of Slow Motion
"SUBLIME . . . Like the steakhouse where Emily works, which was built without a single nail, Esaki-Smith's first novel is a precisely constructed work of art, and your pleasure in discovering its multiple layers will have you singing her praises."
--Newsday
"HEARTFELT . . . WILL PAVAROTTI ACTUALLY SHOW UP? THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS DELIGHTFULLY UNEXPECTED."
--Publishers Weekly
"DELECTABLE, BRIMMING WITH GOOD FOOD, GOOD MUSIC, GOOD WRITING. I LOVED IT."
--HISAYE YAMAMOTO
Author of Seventeen Syllables
About the Author:
Anna Esaki-Smith was born in 1961 in Tarrytown, New York. She earned a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies from Cornell University in 1983 and a master's degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism in 1987. In 1991, she began work toward an MFA from the Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts, but left just short of a degree to work as a Newsweek correspondent in Hong Kong. Esaki-Smith's career as a journalist and writer for Reuters, Newsweek, and Success has taken her all over the world, including several posts throughout Asia, where she has worked as a news correspondent. She currently lives in Shanghai with her husband and two sons.
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