China Childhood Memoir Published

A few months back, I was called in by independent publisher Jossie Auerbach for a proofread of her 91-year-old grandmother's memoir. Auerbach's dedicated a couple years toward the book's release, and I'm proud to share the announcement that it's now available!

"Nanny refers to it as 'my little book,' but it really is an amazing book, and my grandmother is an amazing woman, as is her story. Charming, insightful, and funny," Auerbach says. Indeed My Nanking Home: 1918-1937 is a great recounting of grandmother Nancy Thomson Waller's childhood in China. Waller brings us to the time in between the wars, to culturally exotic and politically shifting lands, with her family and extended family—school mates, coolie's, cooks and gardeners, and neighbor Pearl S. Buck.

Reminisce how big and small the world has always been with your copy of My Nanking Home. The memoir is available by phone, 607-264-3951; email, office.willowhillpublications@gmail.com; and on the Web, www.willowhillpublications.wordpress.com. Cost is $15 plus shipping and handling, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Pearl S. Buck Foundation.