Winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction FOREWORD INDIES Winner: Multicultural (Gold), Short Stories (Bronze) Rubery Book Award Finalist The Mercury News: My Old Faithful is "a rich contemporary narrative of family dynamics and social upheaval." San Francisco Chronicle, Recommended Reading: "My Old Faithful zooms readers straight into the minds and hearts of each member of a middle-class family in a struggling, censored, restricted China....we feel ourselves becoming each protagonist in the course of each story." Evoking both the drama of familial intimacy and the ups and downs of the everyday, My Old Faithful introduces readers to a close-knit Chinese family. These ten interconnected short stories, which take place in China and the United States over a thirty-year period, merge to paint a nuanced portrait of family life, full of pain, surprises, and subtle acts of courage. Richly textured narratives from the mother, the father, the son, and the daughters play out against the backdrop of China's social and economic change. With quiet humor and sharp insight into the ordinary, Yang Huang writes of a father who spanks his son out of love, a brother who betrays his sister, and a young woman who dares bring a brown man home to her conservative parents. She writes of an aging wife and the kindness she shows a young prostitute caught soliciting her husband; of a woman returning to China after many years to find her country changed in ways both expected and startling. This collection, by a writer who grew up in Jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings, is remarkable in its sense of place and fidelity to lived human experience. Praise for Living Treasures (Harvard Square Editions, 2014) Silver Medal: Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal: Next Generation Indie Book Award Bronze Medal: Living Now Book Award "Each one of these stories―each of these characters―leans heavily on another....And when its cover is closed, My Old Faithful leaves the reader quiet in reflection, with a sense of peace. Which is exactly how harmony works." ― Fiction Writers Review Your Summer Reading List: "Her prose is subtle yet beautiful and captures a narrative that feels more like a novel than a short story collection." ― East Bay Express "Yang Huang amazes readers with her real, raw, and honest storytelling. My Old Faithful is an insightful novel that brings back the tears and laughter of growing up." ― Jiayu Jeng, KTSF Channel 26 Talk Today host "10 Great Reasons to Read Fiction in March 2018": My Old Faithful depicts "the lives of one family over thirty years in China and the United States." ― Oakland Public Library Blogs, Advice for Readers "Yang Huang has another winner in her second book, My Old Faithful ....a rich contemporary narrative of family dynamics and social upheaval." ― The Mercury News " My Old Faithful zooms readers straight into the minds and hearts of each member of a middle-class family in a struggling, censored, restricted China....we feel ourselves becoming each protagonist in the course of each story." ― San Francisco Chronicle, Recommended Reading "17 Books That Should Be On Your Radar: March 2018": "Huang's exploration of a close-knit Chinese family through everyday experiences (both in China and the United States) is expertly wrought, and her themes are as timely as they are timeless. The author employs an earthy, subtle humor that suggests an older soul at work." ― Writer's Bone "Yang Huang's collection of linked stories traversing 30 years of time between China and America makes a bold statement with sparse yet subtly beautiful prose and contemporary Chinese characters.... It's the author's strong narrative voice that propels this tightly crafted array of quotidian sorrows and joys―and what makes this book feel in some ways like a novel-in-stories rather than a more traditional collection." ―Washington Independent Review of Books "8 BOOKS ABOUT IMMIGRANTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2018": "Huang aims to tell each story with a deft hand, capturing the immigrant experience alongside the ways family shapes our view of the world around us." ―Book Riot "46 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2018": "[ My Old Faithful ] spans thirty years and a rich variety of stories." ―Electric Literature "This is one to savor for its rich flavor and heartfelt message that is timeless and enlightening. This is a story about families, love, coming of age and letting go of the unnecessary pieces of the past while weaving the good that remains into the future." ―Dianne Bylo, Tome Tender " My Old Faithful establishes Yang Huang as one of our most provocative writers on contemporary China. Imagine Ferrante telling a family's story from prismatic perspectives and you come close to Huang's triumph. Here you find a debut writer adept at sidestepping the timeworn: she gives us a story so real it bursts the bounds of the form, becoming an autofiction which, in its humanity, quic