Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Love and Loss by Xinran ISBN 13: 9780099535751

Born in Beijing in 1958, XINRAN was a journalist and radio presenter in China. In 1997 she moved to London, where she wrote her bestselling book The Good Women of China . Since then she has written a regular column for the Guardian , appeared frequently on radio and TV and published Sky Burial, What the Chinese Don't Eat , a novel ( Miss Chopsticks ), and a groundbreaking work of oral history, China Witness . Her charity, The Mothers' Bridge of Love, was founded to help disadvantaged Chinese children and to build a bridge of understanding between the West and China. From the Hardcover edition.