about the author

Joanne Elliott was born in New York in 1935 and has lived and worked in Japan, Hong Kong, UK and Ireland. She has published short stories in Woman’s Realm and Galway Magazine, two books on childhood diabetes, wrote and presented radio programmes for RTE (Irish National Radio) and edited and produced the local newspaper, The Inishbofin Inquirer, for seven years. In 1977, she founded Kellett School, now the British International School in Hong Kong. She lives in Belfast and the island of Inishbofin off the West Coast of Ireland.

about the book

China, the epic Long March and Mao’s RevolutionA love story both historical and intimate peopled by fascinating charactersJulia Harrison, rich, beautiful and privileged, wife of a U.S. Congressman. What is she doing in Maoist China? Is she to be rescued or investigated?Jen Chi-man, was born in the wilderness, orphaned by war, reared in the Red Army and sent to America to become a scientist.He returns to a world he no longer knows.Catherine Lee, a Chinese-American doctor from Brooklyn, imbued with a romantic love of the motherland she has never seen, longing to “serve the people”.In their stories, we get glimpses of Mao, his power-hungry wife, foreign-educated Zhou Enlai and Madame Sun, revered widow of the founder of modern China, a committed Communist who lives in a mansion.

news

News

Coming Soon .....

News

Coming Soon .....

News

Coming Soon .....

blogs

If You, Like Me (2)

If you, like me had a lifelong dream come true in one fell swoop, what would you do? Last Thursday, my novel Love in the Shadow of Mao, published by Austin Macauley Ltd, was launched in gran ........

If You, Like Me ...

If you, like me, come from New York, November is a dull month, the space between the new season which starts in September and the sparkle of Christmas.  Not much going on except shopping and more s ........

contact

Austin Macauley are one of the fastest-growing publishers, striving hard to give authors the best chance of succeeding in an increasingly crowded market. With headquarters in London, New York and Sharjah, Austin Macauley Publishers™ have established themselves as an energetic and innovative independent trade publishers.

Publisher Details

+44 (0) 207 038 8212

+44 (0) 203 515 0352

mail@austinmacauley.com

Austin Macauley Publishers™ Ltd.

1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf,

London, E14 5AA

United Kingdom