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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
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75%
75% of readers
recommend this book
In 1966 Ji-li Jian was 12 years old. And oustanding student and a leader of her class, she had everything: brains, ability, the admiration of her peers -- and a shining future in Chairman Mao's New China. But all that changed with the advent of the Cultural Revolution, when intelligence became a crime and a wealthy family background invited persecution or worse. For the next few years Ji-li and her family were humilated and reviled by their former friends, neighbors and colleagues and lived in constant terror of arrest. At last, with the detention of her father, Ji-li was faced with the most dreadful decision of her life: denounce him, or refuse to testify and sacrifice her future in her beloved Communist Party.
Told with simplicity, innocence and grace, this unforgettable memoir gives a child's-eye view of a terrifying time in 20th-century history -- and of one family's indomitable courage under fire.
Book Details
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish Date: Jan 30th, 2018
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.50in - 5.10in - 0.70in - 0.44lb
- EAN: 9780064462082
- Recommended age: 08-12
- Categories: • Biography & Autobiography - Historical• Biography & Autobiography - Political• History - Asia
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About the Author
Ji-li Jiang was born in Shanghai, China, in 1954. She graduated from Shanghai Teachers' College and Shanghai University and was a science teacher before she came to the United States in 1984. After her graduation from the University of Hawaii, Ms. Jiang worked as an operations analyst for a hotel chain in Hawaii, then as budget director for a health-care company in Chicago. In 1992 she started her own company, East West Exchange, to promote cultural exchange between Western countries and China.
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What people are saying
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I'm currently rereading Red Scarf Girl. As a kid I read it and I was in awe of how that could possibly happen. Now I'm reading it nodding. I know now. https://t.co/f5k1OjlGA5
Praise for this book
★ "Absorbing. Jiang views devastating developments with the wide-eyed innocence of youth." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
★ "Heart-pounding. A page-turner. Excellent." -- School Library Journal (starred review)
★ "Engrossing. Transcends politics and becomes the story of one little girl trying to survive." -- ALA Booklist
"All the more powerful for the simplicity of its prose." -- New York Times Book Review
"Ji-li's deeply moving story should be on the shelf of every person's library. Her courage in the face of adversity and her steadfast loyalty and love for her family are truly inspirational for young and old alike." -- Nien Chang, author of A Life and Death in Shanghai
"I can only hope I would have shown the same decency and courage exhibited by Ji-li Jiang. Her actions remind me that, even under unbearable circumstances, one can still cling to love and justice. Above all, one can still hope for a happier tomorrow." -- David Henry Hwang, playwright of M. Butterfly
What people are saying
Wife to @sethamandel | Homeschooling mom to 👩🏻🦰🧑🏻🦰🧑🏻 👩🏻🦰🧑🏻🦰👶 | Co-founder @RightBooks4Kids | Co-author of bestselling book Stolen Youth
I'm currently rereading Red Scarf Girl. As a kid I read it and I was in awe of how that could possibly happen. Now I'm reading it nodding. I know now. https://t.co/f5k1OjlGA5