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"A woman's passion for chess endures from her childhood in Vienna through her emigration to San Francisco as a Jewish refugee of WWII. Based on the life of the author's grandmother, Elsa Konstandt Weisz"--
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"This is the lyrical true tale of the author's refugee journey with her family from Vietnam to the United Kingdom at just three years old, leaving home behind to set out in a tiny boat, first down a muddy river delta and then across the vastness of the sea. Spare, intimate, and rooted in specific history yet also profoundly universal, Chi Thai's story is a reflection of crossings made daily in all corners of the world by families like hers who brave...
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Amid the Imperial Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941, a young boy finds strength, resilience, and kindness during his family's escape into the mountains of China.