We are on the ascent to Golden week holiday. It is the holiday associated with the Mid Autumn or moon/mooncake festival (Zhong Qui Jie) and the government grants a week off work. Out of the 4 Chinese festivals, this is my favourite, partly because it was the first festival we experienced when we moved to the country, partly because Chinese New Year is so big and generic across Asia, partly because I have no idea what goes on in the April tomb sweeping holiday (its a solemn, p

The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain Published in New York by Macmillan: 2014 Diane Chamberlain is from New Jersey; USA. Her career before becoming a best-selling author was in social work and psychotherapy. She has written 27 novels and is the New York Times, USA Today and Sunday Times best selling author. The Silent Sister is a story of mystery as the main narrator; Riley unravels the secrets and lies of her immediate family's past. After her father's death, she returns t