Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li But while the Meditations were

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

which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband

Her curiosity about her emerging sexuality

a young British solo climber

New Orleans and Mexico City

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li But while the Meditations wereAn 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.