Mark Twain the Travel Writer

Mark Twain

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is known universally for his popular fiction starring a devilish boy name Tom and an adventurous youth called Huck. If you haven’t read Twain beyond these two works, then you are missing out on some of the most spectacular non-fiction stories of the American West. Roughing It Four years before writing The Adventures of Tom […]

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Girl in Translation translates impressively to audiobook

Girl in Translation

The only thing more satisfying than reading Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok is listening to Grayce Wey’s audiobook rendition of this remarkable debut novel. The semi-autobiographical story takes us into the world of eleven-year-old Kimberly Chang and her mother, brought to America from Hong Kong by their purported sponsors, Mrs. Chang’s sister Aunt Paula and her husband, Uncle Bob. […]

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