Life can flip in the blink of an eye...
A profoundly compelling story of two families. The dreams, love and the obstacles they must confront and overcome.

JonSun Tang realizes his humble background makes a relationship with the beautiful SuAnn, the daughter of an esteemed surgeon, impossible. But love will not be dismissed. These students at the National Taiwan University defy SuAnn's father. First, they plan their marriage in secret. Then JonSun and SuAnn move to the United States. Strategically flipping houses in California resolves into their American dream and the means to create a lasting legacy for their future generations.

Nearby, the McMeri family welcomes a baby girl and adopts a second infant, a daughter who is half-Chinese. However, it is soon apparent that one of the girls has a birth defect. Despite this and other challenges, the little girl is determined to pursue her Olympic dream in gymnastics. The thrill of flipping through the air makes her feel alive!

The paths of the two families collide when the Tangs' son meets the McMeri girl in the third grade. The children's bond only grows stronger as they grow up together. But their relationship is forbidden by JonSun Tang, whose plan for his son's future is threatened by a girl who "isn't quite right."

Flipping is an engaging and uplifting novel.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Born in Boston, I graduated from Albertus Magnus College and earned an
 MBA from Yale University. After fifteen years in the corporate world focused
 on strategic planning and marketing, I closed my consulting practice to begin
 a new adventure - home-schooling my three sons, then ages 8, 6 and 3. For
 the next decade, we learned and grew together, exploring all our Santa 
Barbara, CA neighborhood had to offer, traveling around the U.S. and living
 in both Mexico and France. 

Later I lived in southern Arizona where I taught finance & management at the University of Arizona South and yoga in my home studio. Most recently I've become 'happily homeless,' exploring parts of the U.S. and Latin America as I continue to grow my publishing services business, www.DudleyCourtPress.com. Thanks to technology, I'm always in touch with my clients and team, as well as with family and friends, around the globe.

As publisher and author coach at Dudley Court Press, I help authors clarify and achieve their publishing goals. My way of living a joyful life today is to assist business and wellness professionals get their books done, and done right. Using technology and taking advantage of all the offerings within the publishing industry today, my team helps authors make the right strategic choices for writing, designing, publishing and marketing meaningful books. If you've got a book project in mind, or if you've got questions about living your live more joyfully, please visit www.DudleyCourtPress.com and drop me a note.

Life on this Earth is short - why not make it sweet? Here's to your joy! -Gail Woodard


Flipping would not normally be the type of book I would go for, but an odd chain of circumstance presented it to my attention. The Literary Award motif also grabbed my attention.

Flipping is not your usual narrative with predictable occurences and outcomes. Nor is it awash with smart metaphors or similes. The writing style is so natural; deceptively simple and easy that I was hooked and able to finish the book in two long gulp.

There is a layered structure to the story that reveals the perennial cultural anxieties that exist between sons, daughters, mothers and fathers when they are grafted onto a dynamic multi-ethnic society that only the USA can produce. Eichin Chang-Lim cleverly exposes the irony of such a situation when JonSun marries SuAnn, thwarting her parents wrath....escaping to the USA only in later life to begin repeating the selfsame process with their own offspring.

I don't want to reveal to much of the story, only to say that Christa, the central figure, a world class gymnast who has been born profoundly deaf: deals with it, and as she approaches the climax of her career further health conditions threaten her.

The gentleness of the love story is indeed moving and I found myself thinking about the situation in between the reads....now that's a good sign EH?

Contained in the text is some very helpful sporting (gymnastic) terms and medical information relating to deafness and Christa's later condition. From this I can only surmise that the author has had a real hands-on experience with the conditions at large I have no hesitation in recommending FLIPPING to be your next read!



This novel will rip out your heart
By Diogenes 

Like the author's Tough Scratches books, Flipping is about life's trials and the strength of the human spirit to overcome adversity. It is also about love in its many different forms. Ms. Chang-Lim's characters fight against family prejudice, social disadvantage and illness, but the message is ultimately upbeat and uplifting. The prose is sparse and unsentimental - but this only serves to heighten the emotions of certain passages. Sections of this novel will rip out your heart. Keep some tissues handy.



Great read - the colision of Perfection and Passion!
By Bob Boyd

Flipping is the tale of two families. And of their collisions between perfection and passion.

Family and culture demand perfection. To the parents, perfection meant just like them, rich professionals. However, two college students in Taiwan believe the passion of their love is perfection. Flipping is the collision of these different concepts of perfection, a conflict between yesterday and today. Flipping is the challenge of change—the lovers’ pursuit of freedom to live their own life.

Demands for perfection are everywhere. In the United States, Christa, a young child already displays extraordinary talent as a gymnast. Christa is diagnosed with a profound hearing loss. Her mother applies to have Christa tutored by an outstanding gymnastics coach only to find he demands physical perfection. The coach’s concept of perfection means Christa is not allowed to become his student because of her hearing loss. However, to her family, Christa’s passion to achieve her dream is perfection.

Flipping is the collision of the coach’s demand for perfection and Christa’s passion—the freedom, the thrill of flipping through the air. Flipping is the collision between the reality of Christa’s health and her dream. Flipping is the collision between fierce family loyalty and the rules of an athletic system—how can Christa be allowed to compete in gymnastics? After all, Christa cannot even hear the music during her the floor routine. Flipping is freedom. Flipping is the dream of flying through the air.

Flipping has the twists, irony, and surprises expected in a superb novel. One twist is the intersection of the lives of the two families.

The loving college students from Taiwan, once desperate for freedom from the demands of perfection, now live and work in the United States where they prosper flipping houses. Much has changed. The time has changed. Now is a generation after they, as passionate lovers, challenged the parents’ demand for perfection. Their lives have changed. They are now parents to a son, Wynson. But has their passion changed? Has their passion for freedom morphed into their own demand for perfection? Christa and her sister went to school with Wynson throughout their childhood. Will Flipping become a collision between the exquisite friendship of Wynson and Christa and newfound demands of perfection by Wynson’s parents?

Eichin Chang-Lim is an experienced and splendid author. Flipping is her third published novel. Eichin in Flipping describes real life with obstacles, love, and loyalty. Flipping may be fiction, but it is not fantasy. In a gentle way, almost without noticing, Eichin helps us learn about the culture of Taiwan. And about the causes and treatments for hearing loss. More important, in Flipping Eichin frames life from a fresh perspective. A perspective that allows and encourages each of us to draw our own conclusions.

For readers, Flipping is our story about our own search for meaning. Each of us battles between our passions and the expectations of others. As I read Flipping, I felt the emotions of my own battles. I also felt the pain and the triumphs of Christa and Wynson and their families. I did not put the book down. If you want to think and to feel, reading Flipping must be your priority.
From the Author

Inevitably, I have injected much of my personal experience into my work. I am the mother of a son born with a genetic disorder, which caused him to be profoundly deaf and have prematurely gray hair; I am a practicing optometrist who has encountered the heart-wrenching journey of patients losing their eyesight due to various etiologies; and I am also a first generation immigrant, whose work tends to revolve around sensitive issues in life.

In  past interviews, I expressed my gratitude: "I appreciate all my patients giving me the honor and privilege of examining their eyes, the 'Windows to the soul'. The soul carried by the owner of the eyes is unique. Every soul is precious, is a living story from which to learn." 


"Two interconnected families, one Taiwanese and one American, struggle to navigate life's unexpected turns ... Chang-Lim effectively invests the reader in the lives of her characters, imbuing their quiet efforts to build normal lives with a definite urgency ... the reader continues to wonder about the fates of the McMeris and Tangs, turning the pages until the end. A straight forward but captivating tale of familial challenges in California." - Kirkus Reviews


"This book is intelligent, warm, and richly layered." -Reba Hilbert. Dog Ear Publishing Editor


"Chang-Lim writes in a simple, direct prose style that seems to channel the matter-of-fact diligence of her characters ... quick little scenes that guilelessly propel the plot ..." - Kirkus Reviews​

Taiwanese-born author Eichin Chang-Lim has a doctorate in optometry from Marshall B. Ketchum University (aka Southern California College of Optometry), a bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University and a master's degree from the University of North Texas.

She and her husband have a private optometry practice near Los Angeles. They have two children, Theodore and Victoria. Together with two Poodle mixes, Shorty and Gabby, they live in Orange County, CA.

Chang-Lim modeled during college in Taiwan and has acted in several comedy films. She has written three books: Flipping (2016), Tough Scratches Book One: Love, the Tangled Knot and Tough Scratches Book Two: Finding the Path.
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