This column appeared in the New York Daily News on Nov. 6, 2009 _________________________________________________ From the author of Lucky Girl, Mei-Ling Hopgood I can’t help but do a double take when I see a little Asian girl holding the hand of her white parent. Thirty years ago I was that child, an adoptee from TaiwanContinue reading

Lucky you, today we have the first chapter of Mei-Ling Hopgood‘s memoir Lucky Girl. Adopted when she was a baby, Mei-Ling Hopgood grew up in the Midwest and was never really curious about her Asian roots. Then one day, when she was in her twenties, her birth family finally came calling–on the phone, on theContinue reading

Mei-Ling Hopgood is the author of the memoir Lucky Girl, now available in paperback. When the hardcover was published, Good Housekeeping raved, “An award-winning writer recounts her experience as one of the first Chinese babies adopted in the West and her surprising trail back to the rural Taiwanese family who gave her away . .Continue reading

One of my favorite parts of a book coming out in paperback is that it gets sexy, new cover art. It’s like a face lift without the swelling or recovery period. I also love how the book becomes suddenly portable. We might as well attach handles or wings. You don’t even know you’re carrying itContinue reading