Did Ling Zhang plagiarize?

[Marie Clarke]

A couple months ago, I read an article in Toronto Life about a Chinese-Canadian author, Ling Zhang, who is accused of plagiarizing the books of four well-known Chinese-Canadian authors for her multi-continent success Gold Mountain Blues.

So, for this month's reading challenge, I am going to read the four books, plus Ms. Zhang's Gold Mountain Blues and decide for myself whether Ling Zhang plagiarized the works of Wayson Choy, Sky Lee, Paul Yee, and Denise Chong. Click here to see the books I will be reading and reviewing this month.