The late leader of China, Chairman Mao Ze Dong, said that, "Women hold up half the sky." Jana McBurney-Lin's award-winning first novel, My Half of the Sky is the story of a comtemporary young Chinese woman who tries to do just that. She wants to be modern--to hold up her half of the sky--but the traditions of the village keep pulling her back. While the narrative takes place in China and Singapore, the story is universal: where do we reconcile past traditions with the forward momentum of our world?

Jana McBurney-Lin lived over half her adult-life in Asia. She's written for publications in seven countries. My Half of the Sky is her first novel.