Compestine wrote a fictionalized account of her real experiences growing up in revolutionary, communist China with two doctor parents. I think she would have fared much better to write a memoir, as the narration style suffers from an odd third person past tense. It is distracting from the more powerful father/daughter story at its core. However, it is still an interesting look into political revolution from a child's eyes.
Check out my full review.
Check out my full review.
Sandra Phillips (rolfeswife) -
this book, altho 'fiction" is from her life..I have never read a better book!!! I couldn't hardly put it down, and read it entirely in one day and evening...
It was wonderfully, sadly, so captivating!!! sh eve says it was her life at the end of the book..you will love this true story of the ten years of MADNESS under "Chariman" mao
It was wonderfully, sadly, so captivating!!! sh eve says it was her life at the end of the book..you will love this true story of the ten years of MADNESS under "Chariman" mao
