The Ch’i-lin Purse is a collection of ancient Chinese Stories, retold by Linda Fang.   One of the stories is about a bride from a wealthy who gives away her most important gift to a poor bride.  She gives her a Ch’i-lin Purse.  The brides get married but six years later a terrible drought occurs. The once wealthy bride, Hsisng-ling, […]

This story I will plant you a lilac tree, takes you back to the year of 1942 during World War 2. The main character, Hannelore Wolff is at a boarding school when she gets a letter from her mother saying that her father was killed in a concentration camp.  Families, not just hers were torn apart. They never got to […]