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A multigenerational story spanning forty years about resilience and survival in the face of societal upheaval.

Three women - Ah Xue (Grandmother) witnesses the rise of Communism; Mimosa (the Mother) navigates the Cultural Revolution; Fei Fei (the Daughter) raised as a boy by her activist father struggles with gender identity in the aftermath of Tiananmen Square in 1989. All are driven to survive and face immense trauma in the process though shored up by family bonds.

The book is nicely written. The story is deep. It’s perfect for our times showing how a culture can destroys itself leaving people trying to survive this deeply traumatized but hopeful to find stability in disorder so their survival will not have been in vain.

My thanks to NetGalley and Viking for allowing me access to this ARC.