Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act  
Podcast: NPR's Book of the Day
Published On: Tue Jul 11 2023
Description: Author Jenny Tinghui Zhang is out with a new historical fiction novel, Four Treasures of The Sky. Set in the 1800s during the height of anti-Chinese sentiment, a young girl named Daiyu is kidnapped and brought to the U.S. Zhang told NPR's Ayesha Rascoe that she has seen a lot of reviews that refer to this book as 'timely' – and that she does not think that is a good thing when a book is about racism.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy