Cornbread and Dim Sum: Memoir of a Heart Glow Romance tells the story of the interracial courtship and marriage between an African-American woman and an American born Chinese man in San Francisco during the 1960s civil rights revolution.The book is about a love relationship that transcends the differences of race, color and culture -this is a real "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" meets Flower Drum Song story.
Marriage is a rarity between Asians and Blacks. But amid the churning of American social movements in the tumultuous 1960's an unusual man and woman combine the wisdom and traditions of China with the flamboyant energy of the African American culture to prove that love eternally rules!
Jacqueline Annette Sue was honored as San Francisco Library Literary Laureate for the book Cornbread and Dim Sum in 2010. Other works by Mrs. Sue are, A Dream Begun So Long Ago: The Story of David Johnson, Ansel Adams’ First African-American Student (2012); Morning Glories in a Dead Tree (2008); Black Seeds in the Blue Grass (1983) and a play, Mother-in-laws in VietNam (2006).
Mrs. Sue is San Francisco State University graduate who has a masters degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California and is a former California postmaster. Her website is www.jacquelinesue.com
Marriage is a rarity between Asians and Blacks. But amid the churning of American social movements in the tumultuous 1960's an unusual man and woman combine the wisdom and traditions of China with the flamboyant energy of the African American culture to prove that love eternally rules!
About the Author
Jacqueline Annette Sue was honored as San Francisco Library Literary Laureate for the book Cornbread and Dim Sum in 2010. Other works by Mrs. Sue are, A Dream Begun So Long Ago: The Story of David Johnson, Ansel Adams’ First African-American Student (2012); Morning Glories in a Dead Tree (2008); Black Seeds in the Blue Grass (1983) and a play, Mother-in-laws in VietNam (2006).
Mrs. Sue is San Francisco State University graduate who has a masters degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California and is a former California postmaster. Her website is www.jacquelinesue.com
