title: Shanghai Quartet: The Crossings of Four Women in China (Emerging Writers in Creative Non-Fiction)
author:  Min-Zhan Lu 
description: "The effect...is of listening to a piece of music." -- <i>ForeWord Magazine, Mid-Winter Issue, 2002</i>
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  # Praise for
  
  
  ## _Remembering Shanghai_
  
  
  “Highly enjoyable . . . an engaging and entertaining saga.”
  
  
  —Fionnuala McHugh, writer, _South China Morning Post_
  
  
  “Absolutely gorgeous—so beautifully done.”
  
  
  —Martin Alexander, editor in chief of the _Asia Literary Review_
  
  
  “Mesmerizing stories . . . magnificent language.”
  
  
  —Betty Peh-T’i Wei, PhD, author, _Old Shanghai_
  
  
  “The authors’ writing is masterful.”
  
  
  —Nicholas von Sternberg, cinematographer
  
  
  “Unforgettable . . . a unique point of view.”
  
  
  —Hugues Martin, writer, [shanghailander.net](http://shanghailander.net)
  
  
  “Absorbing—an amazing family history.”
  
  
  —Nelly Fung, author, _Beneath the Banyan Tree_
  
  
  “Engaging characters, richly detailed descriptions and exquisite
  illustrations.”
  
  
  —Debra Lee Baldwin, photojournalist and author
  
  
  “The facts are so dramatic they read like fiction.”
  
  
  —Heather Diamond, author, _American Aloha_
  
  
  
  
  
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