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Love Made of Heart:
a Daughter, a Mother, a Journey Through Mental
Illness by
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Author Teresa LeYung-Ryan
uses her book Love Made of
Heart to inspire adult children of mentally ill
parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their loved
ones.
“The Chinese word for
'love' is made up of many brush strokes. In the center of the word 'love' is the
word 'heart.' Love is made of
heart…”
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Love Made of Heart:
a Daughter, a Mother, a Journey Through Mental
Illness by
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Please support public libraries and schools--institutions that
empower children and adults with reading and writing.
Please support your favorite bookseller who can order any book for
you when you give them a book title and author's name or the ISBN.
"My warmest gratitude to readers, teachers, librarians,
mental-health advocates, friends, colleagues, mentors, loved ones, and the bookselling
community for introducing Love Made of Heart to more
readers.
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Love Made of
Heart turned ten years
old in October 2012
Love Made of Heart
is:
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a 2002 nominee of the Asian American
Literary Award
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recommended by the California School
Library Association and the California Reading Association
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used in Women in Psychology,
First-Year Composition college course, Advanced
Composition English-as-a-Second-Language classes
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read by students at Stanford
University, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San
Francisco, City College of Sacramento, Lowell High School, and many other wonderful
institutions
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archived at the San Francisco History
Center
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available at public
libraries
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
uses her novel Love
Made of Heart to:
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Teresa LeYung-Ryan
thanks all teachers, librarians, readers, including Professors Victor
Turks, Miriam Queen, Patricia Costello, Dan Haytin, Sheryl
Fairchild and their
delightful students.
Author Teresa LeYung-Ryan (standing at right side of
room) visits Professor Sheryl Fairchild (wearing aqua-blue, seated in
last row) and her wonderful students in Women In Psychology -- photo by
author Margie Yee Webb
Click on
the 3 links below:
http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/who-really-is-the-most-qualified-person-to-build-the-authors-platform-and-fanbase/
http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/sfsu-teacher-sheryl-fairchild-and-her-first-year-composition-students-are-love-made-of-heart/
http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/love-made-of-heart-turns-9-years-old-october-2011/
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Publisher's Note: Kensington Publishing Corp,
NY
“The Chinese word for 'love' is made up of many brush strokes.
In the center of the word 'love' is the word 'heart.' Love is made of heart…”
Twenty-seven-year-old Ruby Lin has what many women envy: a
beautiful apartment in one of San Francisco's best neighborhoods, a busy social life, and a coveted
position as manager of special events for the tony St. Mark's Hotel. But it's Ruby's personal life
that's become unmanageable ever since the day her mother's emotional breakdown
forced
Ruby to hospitalize her, shaming the family. Now, Ruby is caught in the crossroads between two
vastly different cultures-one in which she is the American girl,
raised on kitschy television shows and black-and-white movies,
and one in which she is known only as Daughter, the eldest, fulfiller of
responsibilities.
In putting together the pieces of her mother's life, Ruby finds
herself exploring the wounds of her own past. Starting with a forbidden locked tin box and the
yellowing photograph inside, Ruby embarks on a startling journey of self-discovery that takes her
through a family history rife with violence, betrayal and loss that reaches back through
generations, from China to America, and finally to the secret pain of a mother's sacrifice. Like
the Chinese calligraphy that adorns her walls, Ruby comes to see that “life is not a straight
road,” but a language drawn with many
brush strokes, where every misunderstanding must yield to the simple message of the
heart.
Filled with warmth and wisdom, this luminous debut novel heralds
the arrival of an exciting new voice in fiction as it explores the complex bonds between mothers
and daughters, the choices that divide us, and the love that brings us home.
Love Made of Heart is
listed in Wikipedia when you search: "Chinese Immigration to the United States"
Autobiographies and novels:
- Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among
Ghosts, Vintage 1989 (Neuausgabe), ISBN 0679721886
- Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club, Putnam Adult 1989, ISBN 0399134204
- Laurence Yep, Dragonwings. Golden Mountain Chronicles. 1903,
(HarperTrophy) 1977, ISBN 0064400859
- Teresa LeYung Ryan, Love Made of
Heart, Kensington Publishing Corporation (Neuausgabe), ISBN 0758202172
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_the_United_States
Teresa LeYung Ryan is so proud that her work is included in the same list as the works of Maxine
Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, and Laurence Yep, especially when Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman
Warrior inspired Teresa to begin writing Love Made of Heart.
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Love Made Of Heart
Author: Teresa LeYung Ryan
Pub Date :
Oct-2003
Imprint : Kensington
Format : Trade Paperback
0-7582-0217-2
Love Made Of Heart
Author: Teresa LeYung
Ryan
Pub Date :
Oct-2002
Imprint : Kensington
Format : Hardcover
0-7582-0216-4
Love Made of
Heart is in 97 libraries (84 branches in the United States,
2 branches in the United Kingdom , 9 branches in New Zeland; 1
branch in Austrialia, 1 branch in Singapore).
http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0758202172
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Praise and
Reviews for:
Love Made of Heart
by Teresa LeYung Ryan
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"The first page of Love Made of
Heart drew me into the book and I never stopped until I came to
the last page. Matter of fact, I read every word. The author didn't tell the story
as an on-looker but the story told itself through dialogue. Teresa LeYung Ryan
shows readers an accomplished art form of developing characterization through
dialogue. Quite powerfully done. The use of old black and white movies is
delightfully and almost innocently used in presenting cultural webs that tend
to suffocate at times. Many thanks for two days of 'can't put the book down'
reading."
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Frances H. Kakugawa,Author/Poet
www.francesk.org
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"Love Made of Heart shares childhood trauma and
adult healing in the intimate, personal voice of its main character, Ruby Lin.
Author Teresa LeYung Ryan skillfully weaves the inner world of Ruby's dreams with
the events of her life and subsequent self-reflection to reveal a troubled past
while creating endless possibilities for the future. Love Made of Heart
is a gift of insight and compassion, a life companion." |
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Kate
Farrell, author of Girl in the
Mirror
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| “Love Made of Heart is such a gentle book, and yet, it is
deep and captivating. After reading it, I had a conversation with my
12-year-old daughter about domestic abuse. I imagine this book will save a
few women from succumbing to such violence. This alone makes the
book extremely valuable, but it also just a sweet, fun book to read, with
a very satisfying ending.” |
Gail Perry Johnston, author of The Social Cause Diet: Find A Service That Feeds Your Soul
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| "Teresa LeYung Ryan knows how to spin a tale. She knows when to touch
our heart strings and when to make us think. A writer's writer, Teresa handles
detail with a gentle hand. And she paints the emotional scene with compassion and
caring. This is not a simple book--you are given the chance to explore the theme
relative to your own life, your own community, and the world." |
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Deborah
Grossman, author of Goldie and Me http://deborahgrossman.com/
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| “Love Made Of Heart is a book made of wisdom.
Teresa LeYung Ryan writes of mothers and daughters, but the truth
of her fiction strikes much deeper; beyond family, beyond gender,
all the way to the fragile, universal heart.” |
| Frank Baldwin, author of Balling the
Jack |
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| “In the novel Love Made Of Heart, Ruby's
struggles to make peace with her life etch themselves deeply into
the reader's own heart, so that you find yourself caring and
wondering about how she is doing long after you've read the last
page of her story.” |
| Carol Schaefer, author of The Other
Mother |
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| “In Love Made of Heart Teresa LeYung Ryan
beautifully captures the vicissitudes of youth and growing up Asian
in America with a story that is irrevocably honest. Her prose is
poignant and sensitive and her characters strong and unforgettable.
This is a brilliant debut.” |
| Gus Lee, author of China Boy and Chasing
Hepburn |
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| “With raw, engaging dialogue as its narrative essence,
LOVE MADE OF HEART dismantles the easy clichés of
unconscious loyalties and entices us with searing honesty to
journey through complex psychological realms with its female
protagonist until we are left with a quiet appreciation of the
truthfully tender.” |
| Lydia Kwa, author of This Place Called
Absence |
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| "The book's title refers to the fact that the Chinese
word for 'heart' is embedded within the word 'love.' The book is about love,
liberation and forgiveness. For those seeking inspiration during difficult times,
this courageous book is half hot tub, half massage. But only after some painful,
albeit unpredictable plot twists." |
| Lori Hope, Managing Editor for Bay Area Business Women
News |
| "First-time Bay Area author Teresa LeYung Ryan has
written a fascinating novel with a lot of heart . . . delicately tiptoes the fine
line between fiction and creative non-fiction, making believers of us
all." |
| Victor Turks for The San Francisco Nob Hill
Gazette |
| "Life Saver . . . In her debut novel LOVE MADE OF
HEART, set among familiar San Francisco landmarks, Teresa LeYung Ryan explores in
appealingly unpretentious prose how abuse and mental illness wreak havoc in
families." |
| Anneli Rufus for East Bay Express |
| "The latest wisdom of womanhood in print . . . In her
debut novel, Teresa LeYung Ryan presents the struggle between a mother and daughter
complicated by the clash of two cultures . . . the young woman's long journey to
find love is beautifully illustrated in the book's title . . ." |
| Barbara Sloane for The Montclarion. |
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Reviews from
Readers:
“Teresa
LeYung Ryan spins a tale of deep thoughtful characters and a sad story you
can't put down. It is about important issues such as mental illness,
childhood scars . . . I think this story will hit home for many people.
I would encourage all women to read this wonderful mother-daughter
story. Reader in Mountain View,
Ca
“A few weeks ago, I decided to search for Asian
authors at Borders. Your book, Love Made Of Heart, was the first
book I came upon. I read the excerpt and was instantly hooked. I bought
the book, having never heard the title, and could not put the book down. I
read it in one sitting. I thought, now here's a book that I can relate to.”
Reader in Madison , WI
“I wanted to let you know I finished Love Made
of Heart, over the Christmas holidays, and the ending -- Ruby's past -- all
took me by surprise (in a good way)! It proved quite a turn of events, and her
epiphany was gratifying. I very much enjoyed the book and am looking forward
to your next one.”
Reader in NY,
NY
January 28, 2004, 5 Stars.
I loved this book.
Love Made of Heart is a very gripping story of 27-year-old Ruby Lin's
journey toward accepting herself and her mother and coming to terms with her past.
I couldn't put this book down. It is a fantastic story of a mother and daughter, of
two sisters, and of the importance of surrogate elders. Although it is a sad story,
it is also very hopeful story. I strongly recommend it. If you enjoy books by Amy
Tan, Carol Shields and Marian Keyes you will enjoy this book as well. I'm very much
looking forward to LeYung Ryan's next
book.
Reader in Melbourne , Australia
Dear
Teresa, I spent the entire day yesterday reading your inspiring book. I couldn't
put it down. I cried at the end and wanted more. Thank you so much for writing such
a moving book. Thank you for going out into the world and telling your
story.”
Reader in El Cerrito, CA
“On a Sunday
afternoon I stopped by my local bookstore to pick up a magazine. Somehow as I
was wondering around I came across your book. I immediately purchased
it. That same afternoon I started reading it. The story was so
intriguing. I wasn't sure at first why was it that I wanted to keep reading
this book until the very end. Then I realized that there are so many thing
that I can relate to Ruby Lin. . . .”
Reader in Sunnyvale, CA
Teresa LeYung Ryan's book is a heartfelt, compelling story of one woman's
quest to find love and forgiveness, both for herself and her relationships. The
reader is let into the gentle secret that love is an endless, self-generating
energy that rewards the giver as much as the receiver. This book is a real
page-turner, and I recommend it to anyone!” Reader
in Los Angeles,
CA
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LOVE MADE
OF HEART on the "Best Sellers" List, Marin Independent Journal
-- February 9, 2003
#1
Life of Pi
#2
Blue Shoe
#3
Hollywood Tough
#4 Love Made
of Heart
#5
The Lovely Bones
#6
Parts Unknown
#7
Whistling Woman
#8
Reversible Errors
#9
Samaritan
#10 Atonement
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