Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li New Orleans and Mexico City

New Orleans and Mexico City

a young British solo climber

finally and fatedly fall in love

combining brilliantly recollected memory with compelling wit and perfect prose

But while the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li New Orleans and Mexico CityAn exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in a local Chinese restaurant. The popular Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland has been serving devoted regulars for decades, but behind the staff's professional masks simmer tensions, heartaches and grudges from decades of gruelling service work.