Jessica's Books
In a world where every word you say can be dangerous, one family struggles to preserve love, dignity, and truth.
Seen through the eyes of Jasmine — heir to both a proud legacy and generations of pain and loss — Silent Inheritance reveals the human cost of a political dream turned nightmare, and asks what remains when a family’s world lies in ruins.
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Silent Inheritance (Forthcoming)
The Crimson Eyed Buddha 一粟浮沉 (Chinese Edition) 2017
As the Communist revolution sweeps across Northeastern China, six-year-old HongGe’s life is shattered in an instant—his entire family massacred, their wealth seized, and his once peaceful world turned to chaos. Alone in a society plunged into turmoil, HongGe must navigate an unrecognizable landscape filled with cruelty, chaos, and unimaginable danger. Yet, amidst the violence and despair, glimmers of love and kindness emerge, giving him the strength to survive. As an outcast in a political storm and a child who lost everything, HongGe faces an impossible question: In a world where trust is a luxury, who can he depend on? What future, if any, awaits him?
This gripping work of realistic fiction delves deep into themes of trauma, resilience, familial conflict, and the endurance of the human spirit. A heart-wrenching tale of survival and hope, it will resonate with readers who crave complex, soulful stories where the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Amazon: https://a.co/d/5mFh5rg
Northern Maple 北美枫情 (Chinese Edition) 2018
Northern Maple follows Liu Yujia, a nineteen-year-old student who leaves Beijing in the 1980s to study in the United States. Full of hope but unprepared for the hardships ahead, she faces language barriers, financial strain, and the disorienting pull between tradition and newfound freedom.
Among fellow Chinese students and new acquaintances, Yujia discovers both friendship and betrayal, romance and disappointment. Each character’s struggle reveals the excitement of opportunity abroad as well as the loneliness of exile.
Through Yujia’s journey, the novel captures a generation caught between two worlds, searching for belonging and identity. It is a poignant portrait of love, ambition, and survival in the shadow of the “American dream.”
Amazon: https://a.co/d/fWAhrDR
The Land of Sorrow 家国一梦 (Chinese Edition) 2020
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The Land of Sorrow is a sweeping multi-generational saga of the Lu family, once the proud owners of a grand Beijing estate, whose fate is shattered by revolution, famine, and betrayal.
From the warlord years through the Cultural Revolution and into the new China, their lives unfold against the relentless tide of history: daughters torn between love and duty, sons crushed or hardened by violence and exile, and mothers who endure unbearable losses with quiet resilience. As old allegiances crumble and new powers rise, the Lus are forced to navigate survival, dignity, and the price of silence.
At once intimate and epic, it is a story of family bonds tested by politics, of dreams that outlast tragedy, and of what it means to hold on to humanity when the world itself has turned hostile.
Amazon: https://a.co/d/hkEyHlO