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008			231106t20242024nyub 000 1 eng
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092			_aCHUNG, _bEVE
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100	1		_aChung, Eve J., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDaughters of Shandong / _cEve J. Chung.
263			_a2405
264		1	_aNew York : _bBerkley, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_a386 pages : _bmap ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. Daughters are the Ang family's curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai is the eldest of four girls and spends her days looking after her sisters. Headstrong Di, who is just a year younger, learns to hide in plain sight, and their mother-abused by the family for failing to birth a boy-finds her own small acts of rebellion in the kitchen. As the Communist army closes in on their town, the rest of the prosperous household flees, leaving behind the girls and their mother because they view them as useless mouths to feed. Without an Ang male to punish, the land-seizing cadres choose Hai, as the eldest child, to stand trial for her family's crimes. She barely survives their brutality. Realizing the worst is yet to come, the women plan their escape. Starving and penniless but resourceful, they forge travel permits and embark on a thousand-mile journey to confront the family that abandoned them. From the countryside to the bustling city of Qingdao, and onward to British Hong Kong and eventually Taiwan, they witness the changing tide of a nation and the plight of multitudes caught in the wake of revolution. But with the loss of their home and the life they've known also comes new freedom-to take hold of their fate, to shake free of the bonds of their gender, and to claim their own story. Told in assured, evocative prose, with impeccably drawn characters, Daughters of Shandong is a hopeful, powerful story about the resilience of women in war; the enduring love between mothers, daughters, and sisters; and the sacrifices made to lift up future generations"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWomen _zChina _vFiction. _956336
650		0	_aMothers and daughters _vFiction. _91062
650		0	_aSisters _vFiction. _919554
650		0	_aRich people _vFiction. _950161
650		0	_aTorture _vFiction. _93623
650		0	_aWar victims _vFiction. _9139592
650		0	_aPatriarchy _vFiction. _9392198
610	2	0	_aZhongguo guo min dang _vFiction.
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _yCivil War, 1945-1949 _vFiction.
651		0	_aChina _xSocial conditions _y1912-1949 _vFiction.
651		0	_aTaiwan _xHistory _y1945- _vFiction.
651		0	_aTaiwan _xSocial conditions _y1945- _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
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