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The Moon Pearl — A Tonic for “Chic Lit”
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Ruthanne Lum McCunn. Photo by Yihai Lai.
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By Kendra Chung
Ruthanne Lum McCunn is not a “lit” star. That is not to say that she has toiled, as most writers do, in never-to-see-light-of-day obscurity. With the publication of her first novel, Thousand Pieces of Gold, she entered the Asian American literary scene at the age of 35, only a few years after she began writing. On the “Recommended Reading List” for California schools and widely used in college courses, Thousand Pieces was made into an independent film in 1991. Five books later, McCunn’s pen paused in 1995. But perhaps the early success of her latest novel, The Moon Pearl, which published September 2000, is a hint of changes to come.
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