With the backdrop of a booming Chinese restaurant, Lillian Li tells the multigenerational story of service workers with simmering tensions, entangled lives and overwhelming emotions. Characters fighting, falling in love, forgiving and always working at this popular neighbourhood dinner tell a series of human and relatable stories which readers will fall in love with. The Beijing Duck House in Rockville provides a reminiscent and heart background for these stories, which Li tells with the utmost enthusiasm and irreverence.
Number One Chinese Restaurant
