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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
by Zhuqing Li
Daughters of The Flower Fragrant Garden (5/26/2022)
This book is about two remarkable sisters who lived in China during the Japan conflict and then during the Chinese Civil War. It was both informative and interesting to follow how Jun's life was under the Nationalist control and how Hung's life was during the politicalmore
Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History
by Lea Ypi
FREE by Lea Ypi (11/16/2021)
I found this book very informative about Albania, a country the world does not know. The author's description of her childhood in the 1980's had both humor and information of how a child could be happy living in a strict socialism society. It was interesting to learn howmore
Sisters of the Great War: A Novel
by Suzanne Feldman
Sister of The Great War (9/13/2021)
Finally a book about women's contribution and selfless dedication to World War1. The author captured the senselessness of war with her paragraph "The generals won't give up until they run out of men
The first few chapters accurately described the lives and expected futuresmore
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