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I used to wonder why my father suffered so much from nightmares. Then he told me.

My father often spoke of three valuable family heirlooms, now lost to us.

My grandfather was a doctor known as much for his compassion as his skill.

It took me a long time to understand how much the years of war my parents lived through shaped their values.

My Grandpa Chang was kind of a loser, yet his legacy has made such a difference to my life

At the peak of our family's wealth, six-times-great-grandfather Chang Shiho built himself a mountain.

My great-grandfather drained a fortune to fund his taste for art, antiques, books - and also to honour our ancestors.

My grandmother tried for independence, but the odds were against her. She is the inspiration behind my first novel THREE SOULS.

My great-grandmother's dowry injected a much-needed fortune into the family. Alas, her husband squandered away all that wealth, which was meant to be enough to support the next three generations.

My six-times-great-grandfather was said to have walked through a Door into the land of immortals.