Tales of a Chinese Grandmother

"The author herself has traveled extensively in China. She was often entertained in houses like those behind the bright red gate of the Ling family residence, and she walked along pleasant paths like the ones in the Lings’ Garden of Sweet Smells. And, like all the members of this household, she found a peculiar enchantment in the richly imaginative Chinese folk tales that she recounts in this book-a sampling from a long and proud tradition." (text taken from asianamericanbooks.com)