Fish Heads and Duck Skin
A Novel

Darkly funny, fish-out-of-water story, with surprising characters and unexpected plot points. This book is a hilarious, irreverent romp. A fun read for anyone ever thrown into the deep end of a pool without knowing how to swim. Fascinating Chinese characters teach a clueless American a thing or two......more

FISH HEADS AND DUCK SKINS by Lindsey Salatka Over-extended and frustrated, young corporate executive Tina jumps at the chance to step away from her high-stress job and spend three years in Shanghai, China as stay-at-home-wife and mother when her husband, Daniel, accepts a new job there. With humor an......more

As a writer and reader of mostly travel memoirs, I had to keep reminding myself that this book about traveling to China with two small children in tow was fiction. It so resembled my life in Singapore with my two children. The author had to have experienced life in China at some point (but maybe not......more

An American mother at the brink of a psychotic breakdown enters Shanghai, and she isn't prepared. Well, that's the premise of a book that is extremely American in its tone and will leave behind a chuckle or two. Tina is just trying to be in control of her present. Her moving across the world for a mu......more