Red Azalea | 
Loving my mom‘s azaleas! #SpringHasSprung
pickOof this book. Min takes you to a lot of places and made me feel so much. I took in this book blind because I owned it I think I bought it originally for a college class which I dropped and have been working to eliminate books on my TBR shelf at home. I had no idea what Red Azalea was about and found myself fascinated.
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 232 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram
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One of my favorite Chinese authors is Anchee Min. These are her two memoirs. Red Azaela is about living through the Cultural Revolution and working at Mao‘s film studio. Cooked Seed is about her immigration to the United States in 1984. She‘s also written some historical fiction.
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Working in a labour camp under Mao Zedong‘s farm scheme was a dangerous time for Anchee Min to fall into a forbidden love. This is a great memoir of a terrifying epoch in Chinese history and how a young woman brought up to love Mao is slowly disenchanted and frightened by seeing his plans in action.
pickIf you're after a memoir of hardship, survival, and queer love during the Cultural Revolution, you want to read RED AZALEA. Anchee Min's clear, elegant prose takes the reader deep into her time as a farm worker entranced by the local Party secretary and menaced by a zealous fellow worker. It's an intense and oppressive read, but an excellent one. I'm eager to try Min's other books, which include another memoir and historical fiction.
I usually save fried breakfasts for Sundays, but I woke up so hungry that I figured I needed something pretty substantial. Hopefully the influx of protein will also help with my energy deficit.
I really, really hope I can finish RED AZALEA today. It's excellent and it killed me I couldn't find the space to wallow in it earlier this week.
I'm working my way through a show about Japanese culture, and it's given me some excellent meal ideas. My latest obsession is roasted nori softened with soy sauce and hot water before it's served over rice. YUM.
In book news, I've started RED AZALEA by Anchee Min, with many thanks to @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian for the rec!
My $9 book haul from the book store in town. Plus I got invited to a book launch. Good day!
Fun Photo Friday! I definitely went through a China phase after I first got my Kindle. These are just a few of my favorites. They're all read...just new to this Kindle! 😉 🇨🇳
