The Immortal Woman
Marilyn Stanley
, Lynn Mullen
, Alanna Virtue
, Amanda Schempp
, Dot Mann
, Sindi Nika
, Melissa Kohlman
, Natasha Andres
, Jude Castillo
, Barbara Leckie
, Sandra Furlotte
, Beth Dekoker
, Deana Bueley
, Brad MULLER
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Shelley Butcher
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Christine Labelle
, Charly Wreggitt
, Agnes Marshall
, Sailaxmi Sahoo
, Ryan Woods
, Sharon Forzley
, Sara Mody
, Hana Iudin
, Andrea Gillespie
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Sarah Dalton
, cassandra schiemann
, Darryl Taylor
, Marc-André Taillefer
, Sarah Schwartz
, Sandra Storey
, Catherine Booker
, Darlene Foster
, Noelle Walsh
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Andrea Pole
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Tami Osato
, Holly Elisabeth
, Mary Therrien
, Emily Steiner
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Brittney Warren
, Allison Dube
, Claire Gear
, Louise Walsh
, Itraa Gold
, Patricia Johnson
, Stephen Pinder
, katie locke
, Kim Cappellina
, kristine hibbs
, Barry Kazimer
, Jillian Wheatley
, Anita Jones
, David Janik Jones
, Spencer Reitenbach
, Desmond Tsang
, Joshua Lewis
, Sandra Lackie
, Danielle MacKinlay
, Jessica Harrison
, Ashley Pocrnich
, Kim Carswell
, Laurie Burns
, Jill Rothwell
, Joe Titone
, Syd Toni
, Jennifer Morse
, Devon Millard
, Macy McCubbing
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Sara Conway
, Liz Carlin
, Faye Lilley
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Taylor MaGee
, Linda Dessau
, joy mills
, Maria Mclean
, Lara Maynard
, Fred Wong
, Katie Hill
, Roland Schigas
, Nicole Maxwell
, Tanis Anne
, Jennifer Beyak
, Michelle Arsenault
, zelda dwyer
, Sue Baues
, Emily Zb
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Sarah Van Dyk
, diana kirkwood
, Benita Hartwell
, Lei Shimbashi
, Paula Ritchie
, Tina May
, M M English
, Janet Meisner
, Lynn Bechtel
, Julie M.
, Susi Lovell
, GLORIA KONELSKY
, Cherryl Koylass
, Emily Johansen
, Robert Hykawy
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Irene O’Neill
, Catherine Vendryes
, Chantal Vulker
, Sonia Adams
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Kim Akins
, C. Ray
, Marjorie Roy
, James Orr
, Patricia McKeown
, Linda Ham
, Nancy Reid
, Ellen Clarke
, Rita Osullivan
, Charles Leblanc
, Judith Pearson
, VJ Hatton
, Ken Gilmour
, Amanda Clarke
, Brenda Vaccarello
editor@49thShelf.com
A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider’s view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind.
Lemei, once a student Red Guard leader in 1960s Shanghai and a journalist at a state newspaper, was involved in a brutal act of violence during the Tiananmen Square protests and lost all hope for her country. Her daughter, Lin, is a student at an American university on a mission to become a true Westerner. She tirelessly erases her birth identity, abandons her Chinese suitor, and pursues a white lover, all the while haunted by the scars of her upbringing. Following China’s meteoric rise, Lemei is slowly dragged into a nationalistic perspective that stuns Lin. Their final confrontation results in tragic consequences, but ultimately, offers hope for a better future. By turns wry and lyrical, The Immortal Woman reminds us to hold tight to our humanity at any cost.
