Kathryn Ma with Vanessa Hua – The Chinese Groove

Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in The Chinese Grove by Kathryn Ma buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help—even if they don’t know it yet…
Kathryn Ma is the author of the widely praised novel The Year She Left Us, which was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice and an NPR “Great Read” of the year.
In conversation with Vanessa Hua, an award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of the national bestsellers A River of Stars and Forbidden City + more.