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008    231106t20242024nyub          000 1 eng   
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050 00 PS3603.H85334|bD38 2024 
082 00 813/.6|223/eng/20231106 
100 1  Chung, Eve J.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Daughters of Shandong /|cEve J. Chung. 
264  1 New York :|bBerkley,|c[2024] 
264  4 |c©2024 
300    386 pages :|bmap ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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. 
610 20 Zhongguo guo min dang|vFiction. 
650  0 Mothers and daughters|vFiction. 
650  0 Sisters|vFiction. 
650  0 Rich people|vFiction. 
650  0 Torture|vFiction. 
650  0 War victims|vFiction. 
650  0 Patriarchy|vFiction. 
650  0 Fathers|vFiction. 
651  0 China|xHistory|yCivil War, 1945-1949|vFiction. 
651  0 China|xSocial conditions|y1912-1949|vFiction. 
651  0 Taiwan|xHistory|y1945-|vFiction. 
651  0 Taiwan|xSocial conditions|y1945-|vFiction. 
651  0 China|xHistory|y1912-1949|vFiction. 
651  0 China|xSocial conditions|vFiction. 
651  0 Taiwan|xHistory|vFiction. 
651  0 Taiwan|xSocial conditions|vFiction. 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
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