October 1st, 2024 | Author: admin
2024 October 1, 14:02-23:04 Kuala Lumpur time
Happy Anniversary!
Mother-Daughter Novel LOVE MADE OF HEART debuted in October 2002, now twenty-two years old!
Ten thousand people to thank! Please accept my gratitude.
book cover of LOVE MADE OF HEART, written by Teresa LeYung-Ryan (Teresa Jade LeYung)
The book Love Made of Heart was:
* a 2002 nominee of the Asian American Literary Awards
* recommended by the California School Library Association
* recommended by the California Reading Association
* used by teachers who taught Women in Psychology, First-Year Composition college course, Advanced Composition English-as-a-Second-Language classes
* read by students at Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, City College of Sacramento, Lowell High School, and many other wonderful institutions
* available at public libraries
* and still is… archived at the San Francisco History Center
* read by thousands of readers, many of whom I never got the chance to thank in person … I thank everyone now and always.
Teresa Jade LeYung (formerlyTeresa LeYung-Ryan) uses her novel Love Made of Heart to:
* celebrate the courage of immigrants
* encourage adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas
* help survivors of family violence find their own voices
About the book and the folks who helped me craft her and helped her thrive in the publishing world:
Reviews and Interviews:
https://lovemadeofheart.com/Reviews-Interviews-Love-Made-of-Heart.html
Readers who posted their reviews on Amazon:
Love Made of Heart is listed in Wikipedia when you search: “Chinese Immigration to the United States”
Autobiographies and novels:
- Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, Vintage 1989 (Neuausgabe), ISBN 0679721886
- Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club, Putnam Adult 1989, ISBN 0399134204
- Laurence Yep, Dragonwings. Golden Mountain Chronicles. 1903, (HarperTrophy) 1977, ISBN 0064400859
- Teresa LeYung Ryan, Love Made of Heart, Kensington Publishing Corporation (Neuausgabe), ISBN 0758202172
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_the_United_States
“Teresa LeYung Ryan is so proud that her work is included in the same list as the works of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, and Laurence Yep, especially when Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior inspired Teresa to begin writing Love Made of Heart.”
Again, Everyone, please accept my gratitude.
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
Published author, blogger, lover of Paris, FRANCE, photo historian, story-theme consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I wish you and everyone you care about … vibrant health and happiness always!”
Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
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