Mahjong All Day Long

About this book

MaMa and BaBa play mahjong all day long. And all night long. We hear the clicking of mahjong tiles morning noon and night. Big sister JieJie and her little brother DiDi see their parents playing mahjong all the time. Its their favorite family tradition. With Uncle T.T. and Auntie Helen around the house is always alive with singing and chatting the aromas of hot tea and good food and of course the constant sounds of a family having fun together! One day JieJie and Didi will grow up and have families of their own and they will teach their children the game as their parents taught them. As it has done for centuries the playing of mahjong continues to bring families together allowing for traditions to be passed on generation after generation. Beth and Ginnie Lo are sisters (and best friends!). They had a happy Chinese American childhood in West Lafeyette Indiana where they learned to play mahjong while sitting on their fathers lap. They continue to play to this day. Ginnie a computer science professor wrote the story and Beth a ceramic arts professor made the illustrated ceramic plates. This is their first book. Beth now plays mahjong in Missoula Montana with her husband son and Chinese cousin who lives up the valley. Ginnie plays mahjong in Eugene Oregon with her husband their children and the authors mother who lives next door.