What they say

Hong Ying's work (is) ... tough, uncompromising, direct and tense with strong emotion but also full of poetry and grace.

Andrew Motion, British Poet Laureate

(Daughter of the River is) the story of one person's awakening but also of a society's. In its stark and detailed portrayal of unremitting poverty and of the stress and intimacies of family life, the work is reminiscent of Angela's Ashes ... A major writer emerges here, combining flawlessly the often broken dreams of youth.