Introduction
Baby Pavilion is a novel and screenplay written by Mandy Hu, a Chinese born American author currently residing in the United States. The story follows a girl named Tina and her magical journey from China to the United States after her adoption as a toddler by an American family which later becomes one of the richest in the world. In her late 20s, while completing her OB & GYN residency, Tina becomes preoccupied with her origin in China, and travels back to China on a voyage of discovery to explore her roots.

Mandy Hu is a Chinese born American novelist, screenwriter and film producer. Mandy has published fourteen books in Singapore, China and the United States. She also wrote and produced the short film Blind Date. Mandy's English short story Snow Peas was selected for publication in the Ninth Annual Los Angeles Nano Anthology, Alien Gaze.
Mandy earned a Master Degree with Graduate Certificates in Creative Writing and Cinema Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Mandy read the Dream of the Red Chamber in her childhood, and her graceful, generous writing style is heavily influenced by the Chinese novel. A graduate of Nankai University, Mandy worked as a reporter at the Tianjin Daily prior to living in Singapore, where she published two books, one a collection of essays called China Girl, and the other a documentary report titled Witnessing the Economy of China.

Mandy's first novel, Soaring Over America, was published in 2013 in China by The Writers Publishing House. Four collections of Essays written by Mandy, titled White House Invitational, Youth Unique, Wisdom of Love and Memories of Singapore, as well as a collection of novellas, called Road Back Home, were published separately by Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing House in 2015. A World Beneath the Stars (also titled White House Calling), the author's second book about America, was published by Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press in 2014. American Stories, Mandy's third book about America, was published by Tsinghua University Press on 2018, American Words, Mandy's fourth book about America, was published by Asia-America Entertainment on 2019, and her 2nd novel, Baby Pavilion, was published by Asia-America Entertainment on 2020. American Pandemic 2020. Mandy's 13th book and her fifth book about America, was published by Asia-America Entertainment on 2021. Her English language short story Snow Peas was published in 2022 Los Angeles NaNo 9th Anthology, Alien Gaze. And finally, the short film, Blind Date, for which Mandy wrote the screenplay and acted as producer, was broadcast publicly in 2016.

Mandy currently lives in the United States with her husband, Daniel Conneen, Esq., and her son, William Conneen, and is working on her follow-up novels to Soaring over America as well as the production of the film adaptation of her novel, Baby Pavilion, and of Paper Spouse.

书介
本书收集了美籍华裔作家胡曼荻最新长篇小说《婴亭》和根据此小说改编的同名剧本。《婴亭》小说和剧本诠释了个体行为和国家政策如何随机改变每个人的人生命运。故事讲述了被世上屈指可数富可敌国的美国家庭收养的一个中国女孩党婷婷重新认识发现自我的故事。主人公在美国费城市宾大附属医院完成妇产科住院医师时，见证着生命诞生的奇迹，激发她萌生好奇追索自我生命的起源。于是几经周折，她回归中国探寻其根源，并在一段神奇之旅中知晓难以置信的秘密，感知人生震撼之启示，并悟求至出乎意料之结局。

胡曼荻为美籍华人作家、编剧和独立制片人。伊自幼熟读《红楼梦》，文风受之影响而婉约精雅，且知性大方