Cario Lam asked Lisa See:

Is Eastern Bakery in China Dolls the same shop where families have been buying wedding cakes and cookies for decades? That's where my parents and I bought the cakes and cookies to deliver to my wife's family after we got engaged.

Lisa See Yes! Absolutely!

How do you research your books? Do you start with an idea and build it from there, or do you conduct research on a topic, and then develop the characters and let he story unfold from there?

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