fun facts

Did you know that...

there are two REAL characters in Girl in Translation? Click here to find out who they are.

I made up the special goodbye for my son when he started elementary school?  And we still use it!

the Italian rights for Girl in Translation sold even before the novel had been sold in the USA? 

I can't drive?  Or swim?

when I was a little girl, my mother gave me the Kuan Yin necklace I still wear?