"The complex tale of Yin Yu Tang's salvation, careful dismantling, painstaking reconstruction and authentic refurnishing at the New England institution is alluded to in a brief epilogue. But it is the profoundly moving saga of the Huang family, generations of whom lived and died in Yin Yu Tang, that raises this above a routine preservation success story. Their ... Read moretouching and uplifting stories, told in the first person through letters, diaries and interviews, confirm how the psychic relationship between house and home is by far the most elemental function of architecture."
The New York Times "If only walls could talk? Well, Yin Yu Tang's did, and what a story they have to tell."
Asian Review of Books "This book is recommended…for the Chinese history and culture sections of both public and academic libraries."
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