A lack of hobbies, a writing career, and marriage to a Chinese lady led me to try writing books. I had a number of hobbies when I was younger, but my extracurricular activities had fallen off. To a large degree I’ve written for a living for years. So writing books seemed it might be that extracurricular something to try. When I married I began to learn about my wife’s growing-up years in China. It was such a different experience from mine and there were so many interesting, and entertaining, stories. I thought they had to be shared. While they will not be the first of my writings to be publis more...