Not too long now before we launch in America. What a journey – the map shows my family’s journey from China to the UK! In working on the promotion for this book, its been an exciting time and also a sad time. Many who have read the book and come to love and respect my grandmother, Lily Kwok may not know this, but she passed away.  So this journey to America has been a bittersweet one.

The choice to launch on 8 July 08 is because it co-incides with the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 and the number 8 is a very lucky one for Chinese people. I hope you have enjoyed reading the excerpts from the book on my countdown. To keep reading, please buy my book on Amazon or Barnes and Noble or on our website www.sweetmandarin.com

So far, we’ve been featured in numerous publications including Wall Street Journal, Asian Pages, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Book Browse and Shelf Awareness. The next stage is to go on various tv shows and radio shows to promote my book which is very exciting.

 I would like to thank everyone who has emailed in with their kind words and would encourage you all to buy the book when it launches on the 8th July 08.  www.amazon.com

Wishing you all the best

Helen Tse

www.sweetmandarin.com