Minor Heresies, Major Departures: A China Mission Boyhood is a 1994 book by John Espey, published by University of California Press.
Reviewer Charlotte L. Beahan stated that there was a specific focus on his childhood role and not on China nor missionary work.
[4] The first such incorporated earlier memoir was written in 1944,[3] and material came from Minor Heresies, Tales Out of School, and The Other City, as well as articles in Harper's Magazine and The New Yorker.
[1] Steve Bradbury liked how the book focused on daily life in and around the Shanghai International Settlement instead of discussing contemporary politics or trying to analyze Chinese people.
[10] Lawrence D. Kessler of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill described the stories as being "delightful" and "funny yet perceptive".