Radha Lin Chaddah with Debra Bruno: AND THE ANCESTORS SING

We are excited to welcome you to a celebration of Radha Lin Chaddah's debut novel, AND THE ANCESTORS SING! The author will speak in conversation with Debra Bruno on the main floor of The Ivy Bookshop on February 10 at 6pm.

Spanning decades of seismic change in post-Cultural Revolution China, this is a sweeping, multigenerational novel of resilience, sacrifice, and the unbreakable pull of home, perfect for fans of PACHINKO and THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN. A broad cast of characters brings intersecting stories of rural and urban life, class shifts, and women’s changing roles to life. If you love historical fiction, tales of family, and learning about life in other places in the world through fiction, we recommend this book to you. Hope to see you there!

Order AND THE ANCESTORS SING here!

Radha Lin Chaddah was born in London to an East Indian father and a Malaysian Chinese mother, and grew up in Kenya, the UK, and the US. She majored in Biology at the University of Chicago, earned medical and law degrees at the University of Illinois, and a Master of Public Health at Harvard University. She completed Internal Medicine residency training, and later practiced at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston. Radha and her family moved, over the course of twenty years, from Boston to NYC to Taipei to Shanghai to Beijing to Princeton, and finally to Philadelphia. Radha worked as a primary care physician in Boston, NYC and Beijing; worked with the China CDC to co-write the book, HIV/ AIDS: Beyond the Numbers; and provided mental healthcare to patients in several states as a telemedicine doctor upon settling in Philadelphia. Especially treasured by Radha are the inspiring, first-hand stories she has been privileged to hear from patients, colleagues, friends, and family alike. You can visit her at radhalinchaddah.com.

Debra Bruno is a Washington, D.C.-based author and recovering journalist who has written about law, politics, the arts, music, dance, theater, books, culture, health, and international issues from D.C. and Beijing. She has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and many other publications. She is the author of A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in my Dutch American Family, published in October 2024 by Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher The Ivy Bookshop