First came the click of the front door lock, then the thud of his heavy American shoes dropping to the wooden floor. My silence and sleep were interrupted. I rubbed my eyes and checked the time. Garbage trucks were...
The Weight of Jade
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Deborah J. Chinn
Deborah J. Chinn is a fourth-generation Asian American writer whose bicultural heritage influences her work. Raised in the 1960s by a Chinese American father and a white mother from Arkansas, Deborah is shaped by identity, immigration, and cultural legacy. She writes historical fiction inspired by the real lives of her family—by the women whose strengths she admires. "The Weight of Jade" centers on her great-grandmother, Dong Shee, and honors her stories of strength and perseverance. She resides in Napa, California