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By: Ting Tong

"Wind, Tides and Time" is a bilingual collection in English and Chinese that combines memoir, personal essays, and lyrical prose. Drawing from the author's experiences over the past three years, the book explores community life, volunteer work, friendships, immigration, and the quiet emotional texture of everyday moments.
The collection gathers memories and observations from many different places and encounters: the copper-colored eyes of deep-sea shrimp seen on a fishing boat; afternoons in community gardens filled with volunteers' laughter and soil-covered hands; the softness of salmon roe beneath the fingertips; conversations at book club gatherings softened by wine and musing time; and the changing rhythms of plants, seasons, and daily life.
The book also reveals migration, distant places, and earlier chapters of the author's life. Rather than following a single narrative plot, the pieces are connected through memory, companionship, and the human bonds that gradually form and change over time.
Written with lyrical detail and personal expression, "Wind, Tides and Time" considers how ordinary experiences become lasting memory, and how fleeting moments may quietly shape one's sense of belonging, identity, and home.

《风、潮汐与时间》是一部英中双语作品集，融合了回忆录与抒情散文。作者以过去三年的生活经历为线索，书写社区生活、志愿服务、邻里友谊、迁徙与移民经验，以及日常之中那些安静而深刻的情感。
书中收录了不同地点与时刻的记忆与感受：渔船上深海虾铜色的眼睛；午后社区花园里志愿者沾满泥土的双手与笑声；指尖下鲑鱼籽柔软而细微的触感；读书会里微醺中的交谈与沉思；以及植物、季节与日常生活缓慢变化的节奏。
这些文字也回望了作者的迁徙经历、遥远的地域与生命早期的片段。全书并不遵循单一的叙事线索，而是在记忆、陪伴与时间流动中逐渐形成的人际联结之间彼此呼应。
《风、潮汐与时间》以细腻而富有诗意的笔触，探讨平凡经历如何沉淀为持久记忆，以及那些短暂而微小的瞬间，如何悄然塑造一个人的归属感、身份认同与"家"的意义。

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDLR8B16
• ISBN13: 9798198930940
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"