Chung, Candice – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:07:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Chung, Candice – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/chinese-parents-dont-say-i-love-you/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=53410 'If only my Cantonese parents weren't so allergic to the word love?'?

A bittersweet memoir of love, culture and saying the unsayable with food.

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LoveReading’s Best Books of the Year 2025

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A deliciously nourishing memoir of food, family and finding love?

 

‘A world-spanning love story.’  Rebecca May Johnson

‘A wonderfully heartwarming memoir with lots of foodie insights.’ Rachel Khoo

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 After a thirteen-year relationship ends, food journalist Candice Chung find herself losing both her first love and her favourite dining partner. So when her retired Cantonese parents volunteer as her new plus-ones, she must decide whether to keep the peace – or finally confront the distance that’s grown between them.

As a new romance stirs and old wounds heal, Candice begins to learn that some truths can’t be spoken – only tasted . . .

This is a deliciously nourishing story of food, family and finding new love.

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‘A touching, poignant love story? so vivid and flavoursome.‘ Huma Qureshi, author of How We Met

 

‘Packed with heart, humour, and those tender moments around a dinner table.‘ Angela Hui, author of  Takeaway

 

‘Will undo anyone whose love language is food.’  Tara Wigley, co-author of Ottolenghi SIMPLE

 

‘A real and delightful surprise – and also very funny.’ Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken (& Other Recipes Worth Living For)

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