Dear Su Yen
Subtitle A Young Woman From Taiwan Discovers England and Discovers Herself
By Su Yen Hu and Roy Preece
Published by
Snowflake Books Ltd
ISBN 978-0-9565457-9-4
Category Mind/Body
Winter 2010
Synopsis
A young woman, a professional designer from Taiwan, decides to study in England, hoping to forget her emotionally damaged life. But Su Yen’s forgotten past is gradually revealed and healed and given meaning with the magic and sympathy of English poetry and painting and the friendliness of people she meets.
Author's Biography
Su Yen Hu is a professional designer from Taiwan where she won several national competitions. In England she obtained her Master’s degree in Historic Building Conservation. Roy Preece is tutor to International students at Oxford Brookes University and has taught many American summer schools at Rewley House in Oxford University.
Reviews
£22.50 Hardcover
Size in mm: Height of book 176 Width of book 125 Pages: 322
Publication date 01/10/2010
Reader Comments
Delightful story of Su Yen's initiation into the strange new world of Oxford and its unique culture so different from anything she has known. Beautifully written and a joy to read.
This book makes me move on. Thanks for the author.
This wonderful book is a result of an uncompromising mind in a single-minded pursuit of the balance between reality and dreams. I particularly recommend it to those who are on the verge of giving up their dreams. Hold on for just one more moment, a whole beautiful world will be right in front of you.
A dreaming book of hope!
I'm trying to learn English in such a new way and am enjoying it so far.
I would recommend that book to everyone I know!
I wish this book had been published when I was studying English Literature in the university!
This book is so great
interesting to read~!!!!
Fantastic! It is really a book worth to read! Read it, you will get more than what you expected.
The story is going on............
It's a must-read book I would say. Thank you for showing us the book at the Taipei book fair. We need more good English books like this one.
It's the best book I've ever read during these years. Not just Su Yen's story is exciting, but the way Roy explains the poems is very useful for me to see English culture in depth.
It's such a lovely book which will be a good present to my friends who are looking for 'hope'.
Good book for English learners and teachers.
"No one should judge our dreams with their own understanding of the world." I love it!
It is an easy reading book with beautiful language and reflection of an honest soul.
I like Roy Preece's explanation of the poems - some of the poems are quite challenging. It made me go back and look at some of my anthologies of poems.
good
nice story.
Wow~~~that's so good~I recommend it~~
It's really good~~~I love it!!
It is really a very good book for everyone to read. Su Yen is a wonderful woman. She worked hard to chase after her dreams. I like her.
It is a good and interesting book for everyone to read. Su Yen's is a very sepcial girl who worked really hard to chase after her dreams. I like her very much and enjoyed reading her book. wish more and more people get to know her by reading "Dear Su Yen".
Roy's explanations for English poetry and cultural topics bring me into English culture naturally and help me to appreciate the beauty of English language.
The book greatly helps me to learn English poetry and culture.
An encouraging book for all who never give up! Keep going!
it's certainly a good book that touches my mind and refreshes my thought;)
This is a brilliant book, totally worth buying and reading for sure.
The writing is both sensitive and insightful. It was a real pleasure to discover this new voice.
This is a good story remind people to embrace their life warmly.
It's a wonderful book, describing a wonderful life. it's what i want.
very sensitive and emotional work. worth reading.
Good wishes for this book and I love it .
It is a good story about a young woman in England, which tells us life is beautiful and meaningful. I learn much from it and love Su Yen, a wonderful girl!
I like it. Interesting, beautiful and inspiring. You have my vote.
What make the earth go around? LOVE. What is love? It is from sympathy. Where is sympathy? It is from pain, loneliness, misery. After reading this book, we can know more about it.
Such a good book! I love it.
It is a wonderful book that I simply can't put it down until I finish it from cover to cover.
This book is a good introduction of English culture and Su Yen's stories are encouraging for us to live with our dreams.
This is a fascinating book.If younever thought you were interested in poetry you will change your mind after reading "Dear Su Yen"
Well loved poems and their moving interpretations woven into touching life stories, Dear Su Yen feels like gentle breeze to refresh my long-forgotten memories of those beautiful English words. We will find beauty and harmony for our lives ultimately if we never give up our dreams like Su Yen did. Dreams do come true!
It remind me of those good days in Oxford and the inner evolution of myself.
A unique and interesting book. When the east meets the west, there are a plenty of things waited to be discovered. It is full of joys to read through the letters between Su Yen and Roy.
An unusual and interesting book - excellent.
Su Yen is a lovely person!
Great book!!
Excellent reading she has my vote
A unique, delightful and insightful book!
This is a book full of memory. Every I look this book, hope to go back UK again.
An uplifting, interesting and unusual book. The correspondence between Sue Yen, an exceptional student, and her Tutor, Roy, helps the reader interpret and appreciate some of the best known English poetry, while we follow Sue Yen on her journey to contentment.
A wonderful book. So inspiring. I felt privileged to read letters between two people from very different cultures expressing their thoughts and understandings so openly and all the while Su-Yen's painful past unfolds. A real treat!
It is a beautiful book.
This story attracts me very well.
Blue sky, white cloud, pink flowers, all things smell so good.
"I was very touched by the depth of the struggle, emotionally and physically, to survive in a foreign country and yet come through with such learning and wisdom - delightful book full of wonderful poetry which enlightened and awakened something in me to get back into reading poetry again "
Reading this book has been extremely inspiring and helpful at this difficult moment. It has shown me that life is made of cycles and that at the end of each one we tend to become a better human being...Thank you Su-Yen for writing this book!