After Fritz arrived in the U.S., she discovered that she was homesick for China: "China was not just part of me; I was part of China.... I had been born here, lived here, and like the Chinese themselves, I had watched the river rise and fall, seen the moon come and go."

Fifty-five years after leaving China as a young girl, Fritz returned with her husband. China Homecoming describes this journey and her search for her roots in China. Unlike Homesick, China Homecoming does not combine the methods of fiction and nonfiction. It is a straightforward narrative about China today and Fritz's personal attempt to meld the past with the present.