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Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin

Mao's Last Dancer

by Li Cunxin
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  • First Published:
  • Mar 1, 2004, 444 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Mar 2005, 480 pages
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Lucia

This is a really good book. Doing ballet myself i know what it is like relly good!
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Ruth Wein
I could not put this book down. It is simply enthralling. One was drawn into Li Cunxin's very being and the reader was and in my opinion part of the whole journey, the hunger, pain. joy and achievements of the author. \In addition we were so fortunate to have this remarkable and talented person as a member of the Australian Ballet. He was just so wonderful to watch. I was also fortunate to speak with Cunxin and had arranged that he would speak to a women's group about his remarkable journey from a village in China to the board room of a merchant bank and to the Melbourne Stock exchange.
Seda

Inspiring...
I've read this book for the second time and I still enjoyed it as much as I did the first time round! I found it very inspiring. You can achieve anything as long as you put your mind to it! Your determination, attitude and perseverance are all keys that will lead you to success, this is what I have learned from reading this book. I'd recommend it to people of all ages. This book really makes you appreciate how lucky we are today. Definitely a must read :)
mohammad

Mao's last dancer
Mao's last dancer is the best story that you will ever read, the end of Mao's last dancer was good.
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