Tan reinvents the tale to focus on Chang E’s hypothetical daughter, Xingyin, who is trapped on the moon alongside her mother, but kept in the dark as to the reason for their isolation.

asked Tan, referring to the inspiration behind her debut fantasy novel, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, published last January. Mid-Autumn Festival has always been Tan’s favourite holiday ...

In Sanskrit, "Shail" means mountain, which is why She is address as Shailputri, the daughter of the mountain. Goddess Shailputri is honored on the first day of Navratri. Moon, the source of all ...