This was a difficult book. The author recounts her experiences as a 12–14-year old during the Cultural Revolution in China. She tells the story in a very matter-of-fact way. I'm sure things were different in different places, but my recollections of the time is that things sounded pretty horrible, a...
This memoir is part of the 7th grade Language Arts curriculum at my son's middle school. He found it very interesting (his description was "it's kind of like Persepolis", and he's right).Ji-li Jiang was 12 years old when the Cultural Revolution began. She went from being a tar pupil and happy kid to...
A poignant story about a father and son separated during China's Cultural Revolution.
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