Craft & Criticism
"FOR WRITERS ONLY"
NOTES ON CRAFT & THE WRITING LIFE
Resources and suggestions for students and fellow writers
BOOK REVIEWS
Aimee's latest published book reviews
Novels
FLASH HOUSE
a suspenseful novel of rescue and redemption set in Central Asia at the start of the Cold War, featuring two unforgettable heroines whose fates are irrevocably intertwined.
CLOUD MOUNTAIN
The unforgettable tale of star-crossed love that spans four decades and two continents.
FACE
A young photographer wrestles with her repressed past and identity as an Amerasian in New York's Chinatown. Now back in print after more than a decade, FACE is Aimee's first novel.
Recent Essays
WHY I'M STILL MARRIED
"A Great Wall"
Love springs from an improbable meeting on the Great Wall of China.
MY CALIFORNIA
"Transients in Paradise"
Beverly Hills from the inside out.
All sales from this anthology benefit the California Arts Council.
Short Story
MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER
"The Other Side"
Aimee's short story "The Other Side" appears in this anthology of stories inspired by Bruce Springsteen's song "Meeting Across the River."
Work on Eating Disorders
GAINING: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders
How do anorexia and bulimia impact life AFTER recovery? GAINING is one of the first books about eating disorders to connect the latest scientific insights to the personal truth of life before, during, and especially after anorexia and bulimia.
SOLITAIRE
A Memoir of Anorexia
America's first memoir of anorexia, and one of the earliest books about eating disorders, originally published in 1979