The Silver Lotus

Thom Steinbeck has written a gorgeous new novel - a moving and engaging saga of the marriage of two cultures and the strength people derive from celebrating their differences. Steinbeck takes the reader into a fascinating world and integrates his characters richly as they develop respect, friendship......more

This is a book so profound and richly written, I almost wished I owned a copy rather than have a library edition on loan for just a little while :) This book is lush with a richness of characters and a historical view of how life - mostly on ships traveling the continents - was like. The romantic li......more

Kept me interested; i usually like a more metaphoic and lyrical writer, but this is a good story, and I read a lot, and read a lot regarding Chinese people; wonderful!......more

This book seems extremely well researched with great plot ideas but falls flat. The end trails off after the perfect Lady Yee (and the author) fails to foresee the Russian Revolution. I thought maybe it was flat because terrible things didn’t happen, but it remained detached even when major characte......more

I found it a little difficult to get into at first but soon fell in love with Captain Hammond just as Lady Yee did and felt inspired to conduct myself more like Lady Yee would of done with all her grace and elegance.......more