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635icks towards the handover, Tak Sing's daughter, Serena, recalls her family's stories of love and loss, courage and survival. This is a tale of a homecoming, extolling the triumph of the spirit over the inevitabilities of the human predicament. </span></strong></p> 636<p> </p> 637<p style="font-size: 120%;"><strong>************************************************************</strong></p> 638<p>"I think that what makes this moving novel so extraordinary is the author's profound understanding of how events shape and direct our lives, and how we are all a part of an ongoing process. Elsie Sze grasps what History is made of: Stories. And she tells her stories beautifully."</p> 639<p> -- Isabel Huggan</p> 640<p> </p> 641<p>"With grace and sensitivity, Elsie Sze shapes the poignant story of one family's struggles and convictions am
641idst the maelstrom of Chinese political history. Hui Gui is a moving and memorable portrait of dignity, sacrifice and enduring love."</p> 642<p> -- Ania Szado, author of <em>Beginning of Was</em></p> 643<p><em> </em></p> 644<p>Read the review of <em>Hui Gui</em> in Cairns Media Magazine:</p> 645<p><a href="http://www.cairnsmedia.com/Archives%20-%20bookreview_Hui%20Gui%20A%20Chinese%20Story_01292007.htm">http://www.cairnsmedia.com/Archives%20-%20bookreview_Hui%20Gui%20A%20Chinese%20Story_01292007.htm</a></p> 646<p>***************************************************************************</p> 647<p><em>Hui Gui</em> is available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com">www.amazon.com</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.ca">www.amazon.ca</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com">www.barnesandnoble.com</a>, and at select Chapters/Indigo bookstores in Canada. It is in various public libraries and academic libraries in Canada and the United States. </p> 648<p> </p> 649<p><strong>Read Elsie's blog entry "My Road to Self-Publishing."</strong></p> 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 </div> 658 659 660 661 </div> 662 663 <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> 664 <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="/books/author/elsie"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Elsie</a></span> | <span class="email-item"><a href="/books/recommend/4493334"> <img title="Email Article" alt="Email Article" class="inline-icon email-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Email Article </a></span> | <span class="print-item"><a href="/books/hui-gui-a-chinese-story-by-elsie-sze.html?printerFriendly=true"> <img title="Print Article" alt="Print Article" class="inline-icon print-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Print Article </a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a href="javascript:noop();" onclick="Squarespace.Interaction.shareLink(this,'%2Fbooks%2Fhui-gui-a-chinese-story-by-elsie-sze.html','Hui%20Gui%3A%20a%20Chinese%20story%2C%20%20by%20Elsie%20Sze');"> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> 665 <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"></div> 666 <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line3"></div> 667 </div> 668 669 670 <div class="clearer"></div> 671 672</div> 673</div> 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681<div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-elsiesze "> 682<div id="item36418313" class="journal-entry"> 683 684 <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Thursday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Sep</span><span class="date">15</span><span class="year">2022</span></div> 685 686 687 688 <div class="journal-entry-text"> 689 690 691 <h2 class="title"> 692 693 694 695 <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="/books/sea-fever-launch-day-september-26-2022.html">SEA FEVER -- LAUNCH DAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2022</a> 696 697 698 699 </h2> 700 701 <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 09:14PM</span> </div> 702 703 704 705 706 <div class="body"> 707 708 709 710 711 <p><br /><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 400px;" src="/storage/Sze_MECH_08-02-22 copy.pdf?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1663291007789" alt="" /></span></span>MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE IN KAZAKHSTAN</p> 712<p><em>Sea Fever </em>is a mystery thriller surrounding clandestine activities on Voz Island in the desiccating Aral Sea of Kazakhstan, when Ayan Kazbekov was growing up in a fishing village by the Aral in S
712oviet time. When two locals are murdered while taking a couple of strangers to the now-abandoned Voz Island in the post-Soviet era, Ayan and his friend Grace, the wife of an American expatriate, are incited to decipher a coded note secretly passed to Ayan before the fall of the Soviet Union by Victor, his Russian scientist friend...</p> 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 </div> 721 722 723 724 </div> 725 726 <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> 727 <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="/books/author/elsiesze"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Elsie</a></span> | <span class="email-item"><a href="/books/recommend/36418313"> <img title="Email Article" alt="Email Article" class="inline-icon email-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Email Article </a></span> | <span class="print-item"><a href="/books/sea-fever-launch-day-september-26-2022.html?printerFriendly=true"> <img title="Print Article" alt="Print Article" class="inline-icon print-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Print Article </a></span> | <span class="share-item"><a href="javascript:noop();" onclick="Squarespace.Interaction.shareLink(this,'%2Fbooks%2Fsea-fever-launch-day-september-26-2022.html','SEA%20FEVER%20--%20LAUNCH%20DAY%20SEPTEMBER%2026%2C%202022');"> <img title="Share Article" alt="Share Article" class="inline-icon share-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Share Article </a></span> </div> 728 <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line2"></div> 729 <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line3"></div> 730 </div> 731 732 733 <div class="clearer"></div> 734 735</div> 736</div> 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744<div class="journal-entry-wrapper post-text authored-by-elsie "> 745<div id="item4493340" class="journal-entry"> 746 747 <div class="journal-entry-float-day"><span class="name">Wednesday</span></div><div class="journal-entry-float-date"><span class="month">Jul</span><span class="date">01</span><span class="year">2009</span></div> 748 749 750 751 <div class="journal-entry-text"> 752 753 754 <h2 class="title"> 755 756 757 758 <a class="journal-entry-navigation-current" href="/books/the-heart-of-the-buddha-a-novel-by-elsie-sze-published-in-oc.html">The Heart of the Buddha -- a novel by Elsie Sze -- published in October, 2009 </a> 759 760 761 762 </h2> 763 764 <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"> <img title="Date" alt="Date" class="inline-icon date-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 03:02PM</span> </div> 765 766 767 768 769 <div class="body"> 770 771 772 773 774 <p><span style="font-size: 80%;"> </span></p> 775<h2 style="font-size: 140%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 90%;"><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img style="width: 180px;" src="/storage/Heart%20of%20the%20Buddha%20Cover.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1382372943029" alt="" /></span></span><span style="font-size: 80%; font-weight: normal;">When Marian goes missing at the end of her six-month work contract in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, her twin sister Ruth journeys from Canada to Bhutan to look for her. Learning of Marian’s love for a Bhutanese monk and her hazardous trek over a mountain pass to Tibet, Ruth fears for Marian. A sinister Tibetan also in pursuit of Marian adds to the mystery and intrigue. The novel is a tale of mystery, adventure and romance set against an enchanting backdrop of Bhutan, while it recounts two sisters’ physical and spiritual journeys to reach each other and find their true selves.</span></h2> 776<p> </p> 777<p> Here's what some literary authorities say of <em>The Heart of the Buddha:</em></p> 778<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em> </em></p> 779<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">“Elsie Sze’s <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Heart of the Buddha </em>is a passionate story of two sisters’ adventures in Bhutan. Part travelogue, part love story, Sze’s elegant prose tells a suspenseful story. I couldn’t put this book down.”</p> 780<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
780 </p> 781<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> -- Leanne Lieberman, author of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gravity</em></p> 782<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em> </em></p> 783<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> 784<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em><br /></em></p> 785<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em>"</em>In a captivating novel that sets the joys of the sisterly bond against the allure of impossible love, Elsie Sze spins a fluid story of determination, devotion and ethical dilemma. As Sze's characters grapple with disparities in cultures and spiritual beliefs, heart-rending questions are laid bare – questions of love's meaning and its ultimate costs.”</p> 786<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> 787<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> -- Ania Szado, author of <em>Beginning of Was</em></p> 788<p> </p> 789<p> </p> 790<p> <em> </em>“A triple-treat, <em>The Heart of the Budd</em><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ha</em> satisfies as a puzzling mystery, a heart-wrenching love story and a vivid travel guide to an exotic land.”</p> 791<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> --<em>Cairns Media Magazine</em></p> 792<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> 793<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> 794 795 796 797 798 799 800<div id="followup5438184" class="journal-entry-follow-up"> 801 802 <div class="follow-up-caption"><strong>Update</strong> on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 03:22PM by 803 <a href="/display/ShowJournal?moduleId=4216835&registeredAuthorId=593656"> 804 805 <img title="Registered Commenter" alt="Registered Commenter" class="inline-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" style="background:transparent url(/universal/images/core-resources/icons/dark/user-registered.png) top left no-repeat;"/>Elsie 806 807 808</a> 809 810 811 812 </div> 813 814 <div class="follow-up-body"> 815 816 <p><strong><em>The Heart of the Buddha</em> is on the Woman's Day Reading List, as a book recommended by the Woman's Day editors:</strong></p> 817<p><strong> </strong>"...I was pleasantly surprised to get drawn into the story after just a few pages, and I ultimately found it hard to put down...."-- Barbara Brody, <a href="http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/The-Woman-s-Day-Reading-List.html"><em>http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/The-Woman-s-Day-Reading-List.html</em></a></p> 818<p> </p> 819<p>********************************************************************************</p> 820<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em>The Heart of the Buddha</em> is currently available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com">www.amazon.com,</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.ca">www.amazon.ca</a>. <a href="http://www.chaptersindigo.ca">www.chaptersindigo.ca</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com">www.barnesandnoble.com</a>, and in Chapters/Indigo bookstores in Canada.</p> 821<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It is also available at some public libraries in Canada and the United States.</p> 822 823 </div> 824 825</div> 826 827 828 829 </div> 830 831 832 833 </div> 834 835 <div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-body"> 836 <div class="journal-entry-tag-post-body-line1"><span class="posted-by"> <a href="/books/author/elsie"> <img title="Author" alt="Author" class="inline-icon user-registered-icon" rel="dark" src="/universal/images/transparent.png" />Elsie</a></span> | <span class="email-item"><a href="/books/recommend/4493340">
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