Title: One of the better books
Product review: I read this book in paperback quite awhile ago but remember it as one of the better reads I ever had.It was very interesting to read about a China, that had been hidden from the rest of the world for so long, via this woman's family saga that starts with her grandma back in the early part of the 20th century when women still had to have their feet bound (unbelievable cultural norm in those days!)It continues via her parents who tried very hard to be politically correct/current during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution under Mao (a psychopathic ruler if ever there was one).Concurrently with her parents' story, is the author's own as she watches/experiences her family's trials/tribulations under Mao. She eventually leaves China in the 1970's using her learned English skills to become a teacher in the UK.I was fascinated to learn about what China had been like during the era when it was firmly behind a bamboo curtain. This book vividly did that for me.Highly recommended.
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