Verse Novel---Tofu Quilt

Tofu Quilt

Ching Yeung Russell
2009

 

Ching Yeung Russell captures the story of how she grew up in Hong Kong and as a young girl her love for reading and writing grew.  She recalls how, as a female, she was seen as inferior to her male family members.  She realizes after going to a private school to pursue her writing and reading that she can achieve anything she sets her mind to.

 

I have honestly never read a novel designed in this format.  This was a new experience for me as a reader.  I love the way Russell captured what all authors do while using poetry.  Often we see poetry as mounds of figurative language, rhythm and rhyme, but this novel does the job of telling a unique story and experience using verse.