The Hundred Secret Senses

"THEWISESTANDMOSTCAPTIVATINGNOVELTANHASWRITTEN."--TheBostonSundayGlobe"TRULYMAGICAL...UNFORGETTABLE...Thefirst-personnarratorisOliviaLaguni,andherunrelentingnemesisfromchildhoodonisherhalf-sister,KwanLi....ItisKwan'shauntingpredictions,herimplementationofthesecretsenses,andherlinkingofthepresentwiththepastthatcausethisnoveltoshimmerwithmeaning--andtoleaveitinthereadersmindwhenthebookhaslongbeenfinished."--TheSanDiegoTribune"HERMOSTPOLISHEDWORK...Tanisawonderfulstoryteller,andthestory'smanystrands--Olivia'schildhood,hercourtshipandmarriage,Kwan'sghoststoriesandvillagetales--propeltheworktoitsclimacticbutbittersweetend."--USAToday"TANHASONCEMOREPRODUCEDANOVELWONDERFULLYLIKEAHOLOGRAM:turnitthiswayandfindChinese-AmericansshoppingandarguinginSanFrancisco;turnitthatwayandtheChineseofChangmianvillagein1864arefleeingintothehillstohidefromtherampagingManchus....THEHUNDREDSECRETSENSESdoesn'tsimplyreturntoaworldbutburrowsmoredeeplyintoit,followingnewtrailstofreshrevelations.--Newsweek