An innovative, two-in-one picture book follows a parallel day in the life of two families: one in a Western city and one in a North African village. Somewhere in Sydney, Australia, a boy and his family wake up, eat breakfast, and head out for a busy day of shopping. Meanwhile, in a small village in Morocco, a boy and his family go through their own morning routines and set ou...(展开全部)

作者珍妮·贝克的作品极具人文关怀，她关注包括家庭、社会、环境、野生动物等一系列问题，她的作品的另外一个特色是采用拼贴画，所用的都是身边随手可得的材料，比如树皮、羽毛、棉絮、布料等。

book's webpage http://www.fortunecookiechronicles.com/ review from nyt http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/books/review/Stern-t.htm 美國新聞 中國菜緊緊抓住美國胃 李競新書「幸運籤餅記事」：中國菜的故事反映美國的故事 【本 報訊】最新一期「新聞周刊」報導，美國人愛吃中國菜，但正如 「紐約時報」記者李競 (Jennifer 8. Lee)在新書「幸運籤餅記事」(The Fortune Cookie Chronicles)所描述的那樣，美國人所謂的中國菜，就連許多中國人都不認得。其中，雜碎根本是美國發明的，而幸運籤餅則來自日本，就連美國最大的 中餐館供應業者Kari-Out製造的豆漿，也根本不是大豆做的。 李競指出，中國菜的吸引...(展开全部)

Not everyone would envy young Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, even though he had formed his own mercenary fleet before attending the naval academy, and even though his mother was the beautiful Cordelia, the ship captain who has taught the Lords of Barrayar much about the perils of sexism. Even the fact that Miles is third in line to the throne and personally owns a major chunk ...(展开全部)

Attempting to live a normal life after a pre-natal accident leaves him in a delicate state after he is born, Miles Vorkosigan learns that he has a jealous clone brother who is plotting to kill and replace him. Reprint. PW.

Sonja's over forty, and she's trying to move in the right direction. She's learning to drive. She's joined a meditation group. And she's attempting to reconnect with her sister. But Sonja would rather eat cake than meditate. Her driving instructor won't let her change gear. And her sister won't return her calls. Sonja's mind keeps wandering back to the dramatic landscapes of he...(展开全部)

In its moment of great splendor the novel was held as a mirror of society: Merce Rodoreda shatters that mirror in this, her most ambitious novel, which tells its story in brilliant fragments, a vision reflected and refracted and finally coming together in a richly articulated mosaic of life. Through this "Broken Mirror", the reader sees events and characters spanning three gene...(展开全部)