Ellen Graf is a writer and sculptor. She has received the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant, and she holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College.
"A compelling read for anyone with an interest in the nuts and
bolts of how to keep a marriage together."--"Times Union "
"A poignant, witty look at cultural misunderstandings, the
intimacies of marriage, and the deep bonds of human
connection."--Gail Tsukiyama
"An impressive debut, one of the funniest and most moving love
stories to come around in a long time."--"Library Journal"
"This memoir is as unusual as it is hilarious, as brilliant as it
is kind. Not only is it among the most moving love stories I have
ever read, it is also one of the most emotionally
complicated--which is not even to mention how fun it is to
read."--Tom Bissell, author of "The Father of All Things"
"Ellen Graf and her husband, Lu Zhong-hua, take the realm of
marriage and spin it on an irresistible new axis. Conventional
notions of romance become riddles as these two quirky, endearing
individuals fumble from delight to disaster and back again. Graf's
exquisite memoir is quite simply the greatest love story I've ever
read."--Aimee Liu, author of "Cloud Mountain"
"A winning tale of two surprisingly compatible lovers who find each
other at the opposite ends of the earth."--More.com
"After a blind date and the briefest of courtships, Ellen Graf, a
divorced mother of four, marries her tai chi teacher's
brother-in-law in China, and the usual challenges of married life
are complicated by an immense cultural gap. As her husband
navigates the unfamiliar landscape of upstate New York, a portrait
emerges of a heroic and memorable man, but not before you laugh a
little, and cry a little more."--Ilene Traiger, Books on the
Common, on IndieBound.org
"Graf's memoir is a delightful account of East meets West in a
loving relationship, complete with inevitable culture clashes
resulting from wildly different ethnicities, customs, and
background experiences. This appealing, true tale of adaptation (an
ongoing process required in any marriage but taken here to ex
“A compelling read for anyone with an interest in the nuts and
bolts of how to keep a marriage together.”—"Times Union "
“A poignant, witty look at cultural misunderstandings, the
intimacies of marriage, and the deep bonds of human
connection.”—Gail Tsukiyama
"An impressive debut, one of the funniest and most moving
love stories to come around in a long time."—"Library Journal"
"This memoir is as unusual as it is hilarious, as brilliant as it
is kind. Not only is it among the most moving love stories I have
ever read, it is also one of the most emotionally complicated—which
is not even to mention how fun it is to read."—Tom Bissell, author
of "The Father of All Things"
"Ellen Graf and her husband, Lu Zhong-hua, take the realm of
marriage and spin it on an irresistible new axis. Conventional
notions of romance become riddles as these two quirky,
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