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Synopsis
When Mabel (Chu, Cho-Shin) Tow (1914D1999), one of the first Chinese women to practice medicine in China and the United States, shares her story with us, we may experience _the tender gravity of kindness_ (the generative transmission of her lineage). That lineage becomes Tow's blend of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Mabel Tow was a boundary-crosser by being a Christian in China and a Chinese woman in America.In this reflective work, eight authors share their unique author-reader relationships with Strange Kindness as they dramatize further how Tow crossed the boundaries of gender, culture, religion, language, tradition, and medical practices. They vividly illustrate Tow's lineage-in-transmission, moving all into _tikkum olam,_ the poetic act of repairing the world.