EMILY HO was born into a traditional Chinese family living in a fishing village on one of Hong Kong’s outlying islands. As the fourth girl in the family, she has always used writing to develop a “fantasy empire” in which everything is possible. After experience in a travel agency in a hotel and as an account manager with a big telecommunications company, followed by a six-month period in New York, nine years ago she opened her own ice-cream shop on another of Hong Kong’s outlying islands. Her experiences and the lessons she has learned in this venture have been the driving force for her semi-autobiographical Memoirs, which she wrote at quiet moments in her shop.

BOOK BY EMILY HO PUBLISHED BY PROVERSE HONG KONG

Memoirs of an Ice-Cream Lady, a semi-finalist for the International Proverse Prize (2010)

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EARLY RESPONSE

"This charming story of an ice-cream parlor in Hong Kong's Lamma Island is a whimsical mixture of crazy characters, wise sayings, anecdotes, history and fantasies. A story of love and betrayal, told simply and straight from the heart."

— Patricia W. Grey, author of Death Has A Thousand Doors (2011)