Reviewed in the United States on Ap. Verified Purchase. The Foremost of Great Fortune is a wonderful read! Conley does a great job describing what it's like to live in a completely foreign world--without having been to China, I feel like I could envision Beijing quite well/5(70). “The Foremost Good Fortune is a treasure: The unique experience of being yanked out of context by moving to China and diagnosed with breast cancer allows Conley, paradoxically, to explore the most universal of women’s experiences—the meaning of our lives, the meaning of motherhood, the meaning of partnership.” —Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter/5(69). · Whether or not she heard it from this nonfiction guru, Susan Conley does some terrific mining in her new book, "The Foremost Good Fortune," a memoir about .
Susan Conley, on the other hand, would seem to be a bona fide grown-up with enough smarts to carry her through a long and momentous trip. " The Foremost Good Fortune " is a tough and gritty. Susan's memoir, The Foremost Good Fortune (Knopf ), was excerpted in the New York Times Magazine and the Da Susan Conley is the author of Landslide (Knopf, February ): "a spectacular tale of hardship and healing. Whether or not she heard it from this nonfiction guru, Susan Conley does some terrific mining in her new book, "The Foremost Good Fortune," a memoir about her decision to accompany her husband.
Susan Conley's memoir, The Foremost Good Fortune, is by turns poignant, informative, and funny. As Susan charts her way to an entirely new land she vividly captures China in all its bewildering juxtapositions. The honesty and intimacy of her writing makes it feel like you are taken by the hand on this compelling, difficult and inspiring journey. “The Foremost Good Fortune is a treasure: The unique experience of being yanked out of context by moving to China and diagnosed with breast cancer allows Conley, paradoxically, to explore the most universal of women’s experiences—the meaning of our lives, the meaning of motherhood, the meaning of partnership.” —Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter. Whether or not she heard it from this nonfiction guru, Susan Conley does some terrific mining in her new book, "The Foremost Good Fortune," a memoir about her decision to accompany her husband.
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