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Wyman, Nona Mock

 
9780990807599: Ten Thousand Flowers: Stories From the New Ming Quong
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0990807592 ISBN 13 : 9780990807599
Editeur : dvs Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

This new edition includes 8 new haibun/ chapters, a haiga with picture, more haiku, and web-links to an interview and a video.In 1935, two year old Nona Mock Wyman was abandoned at the Ming Quong Home, a Chinese girl’s orphanage in Los Gatos, California. Now, eighty-three year old Nona captures her life (after the orphanage) in Walnut Creek, California.Ten Thousand Flowers is told with honesty and truth, sprinkled with refreshing humor.It captures fascinating stories and lessons learned emanating from the forty-seven years as the owner of Ming Quong, a store in suburban Walnut Creek dating back to the 1960’s.Simply told, Nona’s memoirs are written in ‘haibun’ form (prose with haiku). Haiku from Nona, customers and friends are included. History is recorded with stories of Walnut Creek’s bustling growth. ‘Ming Quong’ is the oldest existing store on Main Street and named one of the '7 Wonders of the East Bay.'

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Éditeur
dvs Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0990807592
ISBN 13 
9780990807599
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
196
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