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To the Edge of the Sky
To the Edge of the Sky: A Story of Love, Betrayal, Suffering, and the Strength of Human Courage | Anhua Gao
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The author recounts her life against a backdrop of China's political upheavals during the second half of the twentieth century, during which she lost her Communist army worker parents at a young age, was victimized by Maoist policies, and was imprisoned after a cruel family betrayal. 20,000 first printing.
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avalinah
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To the Edge of the Sky explores the depth of human existence in hardship, and it does it in such a down to earth way that you won't be able to pry yourself away. I couldn't! Full review here: http://bit.ly/2WcGpPi

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This autobiography is quite dense at times as it is chock full of history, but Gao‘s life was so intertwined with the rise of &rule of the People‘s Communist Party that there was no way around it.

I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in China around 1940s-1990s. I learned a lot &came away with a better understanding of what China was like, both during &after the Chinese Revolution &Cultural Revolution.

#china #netgalley #communism

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