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Title: Lion's Head, Four Happiness

Subtitle: A Little Sister's Story of Growing Up in China

Author: Xiaomei Martell

Narrator: Liz Sutherland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-10

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

This is the captivating story of Xiaomei Martell, who was born in one of Chinas most remote regions just two years before Mao launched the Cultural Revolution.

The youngest of four daughters her name means Little Sister her family had no money or connections, yet they raised her with a thirst for knowledge and a love of food, ranging from the Lions Head meatballs her Uncle Deng cooked to the phoenix feet that apparently cured wrinkles, by way of hundred-year-old eggs.

Xiaomeis entertaining and inspiring story takes us to a world where children play with painted pig toes, dumplings give you perfect ears and rather than saying hello, you ask chilema, or Have you eaten?

Members Reviews:

Lion's Head, Four Happiness

This might appeal to you if you like cooking, particularly Chinese or Mongolian cooking - but I found it was just too much about food to capture my interest.