"Jenny Tinghui Zhang uses her considerable talents to illuminate the shocking injustices the Chinese in this country suffered in the 1800s, and in doing so, makes us stop and consider how much of that cruelty and injustice survive to this day.
Four Treasures of the Sky is an engulfing, bighearted, and heartbreaking novel."
--Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House"An astonishing novel propelled by private and public histories, rich with reflections on self-making, moral calling, great love, and profound injustice. Jenny Tinghui Zhang's writing enthralled me--it is as honed as a needle and as gorgeous as calligraphy."
--Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning"An exhilarating rush of character, history, and storytelling. This novel of the American West illuminates the horrific realities of the Chinese Exclusion act of the 1880s. With unforgettable characters, resiliency, and poetic lyricism, Jenny Tinghui Zhang takes her readers on an unforgettable adventure. This carefully researched novel dazzles." --
Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Sabrina & Corina
"Brilliant and devastating,
Four Treasures of the Sky tells the story of Daiyu, who is brought to America against her will and forced to hide who she is even as she grows into her true self. Weaving together myth and history, Zhang's work is both timeless and utterly necessary right now." --
Anna North, author of Outlawed"In a sweeping adventure that spans China and the American West, Jenny Tinghui Zhang has crafted a thoughtful story of identity, love, and belonging."
--C Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold"A revelation and a haunting,
Four Treasures of the Sky is an instant and necessary classic, easily among the best novels of this decade. Jenny Tinghui Zhang is a sorcerer of words, weaving adventure, a fully realized history, and a story that lingers long after its final images. A true wonder."
--T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
"Jenny Tinghui Zhang captures the adventure, the isolation, the violence, and the glittering hope of the American West. The author's fine attention to historical and human detail has allowed her to bring alive a heroine for the ages, an indomitable teenage girl whose relentless spirit and self-reinvention carries this story. Daiyu is sure to take her place in the canon of great Western heroines next to
True Grit's Mattie Ross." --
Juliet Grames, author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
"To say
Four Treasures of the Sky is unflinching doesn't do justice to the miraculous way in which Jenny Tinghui Zhang paints a neglected chapter in American history with sharp and devastating brushstrokes. This book is haunting, luscious, and precise--it's historical fiction as we most want and need it to be."
--Julia Fine, author of The Upstairs House and What Should Be Wild
