Fish Heads and Duck Skin: A Novel
Lindsey Salatka
Jul 2021 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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On the advice of a five-dollar psychic, Tina Martin, a zany, overworked mother of two, quits her high-powered job and moves her family to Shanghai. Tina yearns for this new setting to bring her the zen-like inner peace she’s always heard about on infomercials. Instead, she becomes a totally exasperated fish out of water, doing wacky things like stealing the shoes of a shifty delivery man, spraying local women with a bidet hose, and contemplating the murder of her new pet cricket.
It takes the friendship of an elderly tai chi instructor, a hot Mandarin tutor, and several mah-jongg-tile-slinging expats to bring Tina closer to a culture she doesn’t understand, the dream job she never knew existed, and the self she has always sought. Fish Heads and Duck Skin will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered who they are, why they were put here, and how they ever lived before eating pan-fried pork buns.
It takes the friendship of an elderly tai chi instructor, a hot Mandarin tutor, and several mah-jongg-tile-slinging expats to bring Tina closer to a culture she doesn’t understand, the dream job she never knew existed, and the self she has always sought. Fish Heads and Duck Skin will resonate with anyone who has ever wondered who they are, why they were put here, and how they ever lived before eating pan-fried pork buns.
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Nancy Johnson
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March 1, 2021
I love Fish Heads and Duck Skin for so many reasons. The story opens in Shanghai, China where Tina and her girls are having an experience in a marketplace toilet. I saw it and smelled it and laughed at it. From that moment forward, I loved the realness of Tina and Daniel's relationship, and how much they cared for each other through all the messes. I loved how Lindsey Salatka captured her insane life before Shanghai in so many little details, and then captured her insane life once she arrived. I loved her relationship with sweet Mr. Han and her zany girlfriends. I loved Tina's character arc as she tried to find inner peace and embrace her superpower. There was a lot of love going on for me. You will not regret choosing this book.
About the author
Lindsey Salatka is an author, ghost-writer, and editor. Her writing has been featured at BlogHer and in Shanghai Family Magazine, Urbanatomy: Shanghai, and Volumes 3 and 4 of Shaking the Tree: Brazen. Short. Memoir. She is on the advisory board of the San Diego Writers Festival and serves as Director of the KidsWrite! Children’s Writing Contest. You can find Lindsey at www.lindseysalatka.com, on Instagram @mywhatlovelygillsyouhave, on Facebook @fishheadsandduckskin, and on Twitter @lindseysalatka.
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