This new edition includes 8 new haibun/ chapters, a haiga with picture, more haiku, and web-links to an interview and a video.In 1935, two year old Nona Mock Wyman was abandoned at the Ming Quong Home, a Chinese girl's orphanage in Los Gatos, California. Now, eighty-three year old Nona captures her life (after the orphanage) in Walnut Creek, California.Ten Thousand Flowers is told with honesty and truth, sprinkled with refreshing humor.It captures fascinating stories and lessons learned emanating from the forty-seven years ...
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This new edition includes 8 new haibun/ chapters, a haiga with picture, more haiku, and web-links to an interview and a video.In 1935, two year old Nona Mock Wyman was abandoned at the Ming Quong Home, a Chinese girl's orphanage in Los Gatos, California. Now, eighty-three year old Nona captures her life (after the orphanage) in Walnut Creek, California.Ten Thousand Flowers is told with honesty and truth, sprinkled with refreshing humor.It captures fascinating stories and lessons learned emanating from the forty-seven years as the owner of Ming Quong, a store in suburban Walnut Creek dating back to the 1960's.Simply told, Nona's memoirs are written in 'haibun' form (prose with haiku). Haiku from Nona, customers and friends are included. History is recorded with stories of Walnut Creek's bustling growth. 'Ming Quong' is the oldest existing store on Main Street and named one of the '7 Wonders of the East Bay.'
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Very good. Signed by author. Cover shows minimal shelf wear. Corners of cover are slightly curled & dinged. Spine is tight and square. Pages are crisp and clean. 193 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscribed by author on front fly page in black ink. Like new. Pages clean and tight. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 196 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Collectible-Fine. Book SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on enddpaper to a friend. Octavo, softcover, author's note on endpaper else clean and unmarked in black pictorial wraps. 2nd edition with web links and new stories. 191 pp. This new edition includes 8 new haibun chapters, a haiga with picture, more haiku, and web-links to an interview and a video. In 1935, two year old Nona Mock Wyman was abandoned at the Ming Quong Home, a Chinese girl's orphanage in Los Gatos, California. Now, eighty-three year old Nona captures her life (after the orphanage) in Walnut Creek, California.
