THE HIDDEN CHAMBER, a thriller of a novel about Taiwan by Chang Hua

[reviewed by Leinad Moolb, international book reviewer] Writing under the pen name of Hua Chang, aka Chang Hua, has written a fascinating book titled THE HIDDEN CHAMBER, available now on Amazon -- KINDLE EDITION. http://www.amazon.com/The-Hidden-Chamber-ebook/dp/B009E9ZWME/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1348485747&sr=8-4&keywords=chang+hua The story takes place in Taiwan, where a Taiwanese woman is going nuts day by day, living alone and hardly ever going outside to interact with others, even shopkeepers. She has a secret and it haunts her. One day the phone rings and suddenly she is brought face to face with a past she had not really wanted to remember. The location is Taipei, in the 1990s, and readers see a Taiwan still coming out of the grip of the Martial Law Era, where secrets, both military and personal, had to be guarded carefully. The island nation just off the coast of communist China is beginning to bloom and blosson economically, and for young people, the world looks promising. But the girl in this story marries the wrong guy, after her traditional mother sets her up with a matchmaking service, and it's downhill from there for the poor hapless newly-married girl. The book is a page-turner and anyone interested in Taiwanese culture will find Hua Chang's novel is very interesting helping of stinky dofu mixed in with some sweet mooncake delicasies as well.