Adopted when she was a baby, Mei-Ling Hopgood grew up in the Midwest and was never really curious about her Asian roots. Then one day, when she was in her twenties, her birth family came calling-on the phone, on the computer, by fax-in a language she didn't understand. The Wangs wanted her to return home. But this unexpected reunion has a price: she uncovers secrets that haunt them to this day.<BR><BR>Delving into Chinese culture and tradition, Hopgood tells a tale of love, frustration, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery as she comes to understand the true meaning of family.<BR><BR>"An award-winning writer recounts her experience as one of the first Chinese babies adopted in the West and her way...A great book."---Good Housekeeping<BR><BR>"Hopgood withstands the pressure and confusion of multiple loyalties, connections, and destinies with humor, sensitivity, and great candor."---Sarah Saffian, author of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found<BR><BR>"Hopgood is a likable narrator whose life embodies a fascinating Sliding Doors-type what if scenario... She deftly and movingly contrasts her own childhood with doting parents in a Michigan suburb to the very different lives of her sisters."---Elle<BR><BR>"A compelling honest, and very human tale about self-identity and the complex concept of family,"---Kathleen Flinn, author of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry