The encounter of an Asian man and an American woman in Guangzhou sparked a love affair that would put the age-old Chinese saying, "A marriage of a thousand miles is strung by a single thread," to test. Jin and Lucia came from two different worlds. They had no clue about each other's identity or their ancestors' secret past. Their romance was couched in a family saga dating back to World War II. Their passion for each other grew and blossomed at a time when love was forbidden. How would Jin and Lucia's family mysteries be unraveled? Would they be able to tackle the odds against them? Would...

Our society is rapidly aging, and the number of older adults around the world has reached historically unprecedented levels. As a result, the issue of caring for our elders has become as important as ever. This book is an account of how the student volunteer organization Harvard-Radcliffe MIHNUET (Music in Hospitals and Nursing Homes Using Entertainment as Therapy) has recently taken an innovative, participatory approach to music-making with elderly in nursing homes and hospitals through a project called Crooners. Crooners is a subset of MIHNUET that conducts sing alongs with the elderly. Our...