In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan , Peony in Love , and, most recently, Shanghai Girls , Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. Now, in her most powerful novel yet, she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls , and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy.
Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime.
Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives.
Acclaimed for her richly drawn characters and vivid storytelling, Lisa See once again renders a family challenged by tragedy and time, yet ultimately united by the resilience of love.
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First long English novel.. 骨子里的劣根性。那个时代的荒谬性。 爱的力量和存在的真实。 读famine和desperate searching部分阅读速度猛增。而joy部分总是慢慢品味。
评分#Communist China in 1950s#这本书偏向于讲大家庭里各种人物关系之间的纠葛，和Shanghai Girls组合起来才能把人物时间线给连接起来...好在结局给如坐针毡的读者一个好交代
评分三年饥荒真的死了这么多人吗?
评分A less than appealing book that fails to spell a magic among the readers. The author tries to put forward a convincing historical picture of a maniac China agonizing in Mao's famine, however, for most of the chapters, the book just reads like an American labors in singing Beijing opera, earnest but unpalatable.
评分A less than appealing book that fails to spell a magic among the readers. The author tries to put forward a convincing historical picture of a maniac China agonizing in Mao's famine, however, for most of the chapters, the book just reads like an American labors in singing Beijing opera, earnest but unpalatable.
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