SWEET MANDARIN: THE COURAGEOUS TRUE STORY OF THREE GENERATIONS OF CHINESE WOMEN AND THEIR JOURNEY FROM EAST TO WEST

Book ID/图书代码： 12844007B13914

English Summary/英文概要： Spanning almost a hundred years, this rich and evocative true story recounts the lives of three generations of remarkable Chinese women. Their extraordinary journey takes us from the brutal poverty of village life in mainland China, to newly prosperous 1930s Hong Kong and finally to the UK. Their lives were as dramatic as the times they lived through. A love of food and a talent for cooking pulled each generation through the most devastating of upheavals. Helen Tse’s grandmother, Lily Kwok, was forced to work as an amah after the violent murder of her father. Crossing the ocean from Hong Kong in the 1950s, Lily honed her famous chicken curry recipe. Eventually she opened one of Manchester’s earliest Chinese restaurants where her daughter, Mabel, worked from the tender age of nine. But gambling and the Triads were pervasive in the Chinese immigrant community, and they tragically lost the restaurant. It was up to Helen and her sisters, the third generation of these exceptional women, to re-establish their grandmother’s dream. "Sweet Mandarin" shows how the most important inheritance is wisdom, and how recipes - passed down the female line - can be the most valuable heirloom.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一段跨越百年時空，流傳三代的3位傑出女性
Lily Kwok在50年代的香港過著顛沛流離的日子，好不容易輾轉至英國，從新開使人生。她以拿手好菜咖哩雞的廚藝，在曼徹斯特開了第一家中式餐館，但是賭性堅強的中國傳統，卻使她們輸掉了維持家計的唯一餐廳。
身為家族後代的Helen和姊妹們合作，再次實現完成祖母的夢想，重新開張《Sweet Mandarin》，也使這家餐坊於04年獲獎深受肯定。
她們如何在異國求生，以智慧和廚藝贏得外界一致好評，她們的經營方式、堅強毅力，也更是這個家族所遺留下最有價值的傳家之寶。(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：版權已售: United Kingdom & Commonwealth - BBC Audiobooks Ltd

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Xinran Xue, author of The Good Women of China---’Read this book. It is the story of an amazing family and their sweet and sour, hot and bitter lives.’
Sweet Mandarin曼徹斯特的第一家中式料理餐館
Ken Hom, TV presenter & author---’Helen Tse tells a griping tale of struggle, laughter, love and food that marks Sweet Mandarin as a must read book. It is not only an immigrant account of life but also a universal touching story of survival that will move your soul as well.’
Woman---’...an amazing and charming read’
Wall Street Journal---’...a heartrending and tender story of three generations of Chinese women who transform their lives’
First Magazine---’The hiss of the wok and scent of stir-fried vegetables practically leap out...an excellent read’
Metro---’fascinating stuff’
The Standard, China---’What helps lift the book above other well-worn memoirs of Chinese immigrants’ hardship and eventual success...is Helen’s talent for conjuring the rich smells and flavors of Chinese cooking. The background to signature family dishes such as the chicken curry and Buddha’s golden picnic basket with soya sauce not only link the generations but revitalise Chinese culture, history and tradition.
City Weekend---’SWEET MANDARIN does offer an insightful look at one family’s journey from a life of uncertainty to successful restaurateurs.’
Shanghai Daily---’Inspirational...a journey exploring roots and identity...a saga of immigrants...from a foreign land to home.’

About the Author/作者介绍： HELEN TSE grew up in Manchester, UK. She studied law at Cambridge University and went on to work as a finance lawyer in London, Hong Kong, and Manchester. She opened the restaurant Sweet Mandarin with her two sisters, Lisa and Janet, in 2004, following the culinary footsteps of her mother and grandmother.
Helen Tse is the first British born Chinese author and SWEET MANDARIN is her debut.
Helen Tse在曼徹斯特(Manchester)生長，劍橋大學法學畢業並是倫敦、香港和曼徹斯特的法商律師。她與姊妹Lisa和Janet，遵循家族傳統手藝在04年合夥開餐館「Sweet Mandarin」。
作者是第一位英籍華裔作家，這是她首部代表作品。

Format:电子手稿

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