Summary: <p>Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, chats about <strong>The Mountains Sing</strong>. This novel is already a New York Times Editors’ choice, and winner of several awards including the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship. Plus it’s been named a best book in 2020 by the Washington Post , *O, The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, NPR’s Book Concierge and tens more publications. Plus, it also happens to be her first novel, written in the English language.</p> <p>Quế Mai shares her inspiration for the novel, and you can tell from her passion for storytelling and the Vietnamese language & culture why she was selected by <strong>Forbes Magazine</strong> as one of <strong>Twenty Inspiring Vietnamese women of 2021</strong>!</p> <p>Find <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/9506/9781643751351">The Mountains Sing</a> on bookshop.org as well as the books Quế Mai references by <a href="https://bookshop.org/contributors/wayne-karlin">Wayne Karlin</a>.</p> <p>Connect with Quế Mai and learn more about her books at <a href="https://nguyenphanquemai.com/">www.nguyenphanquemai.com</a> or on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nguyenphanquemai_/">@nguyenphanquemai_</a></p> <p>All episodes in video form at <a href="https://www.bestofwomensfiction.com/">www.bestofwomensfiction.com</a></p>
