Song of Praise for a Flower: One Woman's Journey through

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Song of Praise for a Flower: One Woman's Journey through China's Tumultuous 20th Century

For nearly two decades, this manuscript lay hidden in a Chinese bank vault until a long-lost cousin from America inspired 92-year-old author Fengxian Chu to unearth it. "Song of Praise for a Flower" traces a century of Chinese history through the experiences of one woman and her family, from the dark years of World War II and Chinaâ€™s civil war to the tragic Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, and beyond. It is a window into a faraway world, a sweeping epic about Chinaâ€™s tumultuous transformation and a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting story of a remarkable woman who survives it all and finally finds peace and tranquility. Chuâ€™s story begins in the 1920s in an idyllic home in the heart of Chinaâ€™s rice country. Her life is a struggle from the start. At a young age, she defies foot-binding and an arranged marriage and sneaks away from home to attend school. Her young adulthood is thrown into turmoil when the Japanese invade and ransack her village. Later her family is driven to starvation when Mao Zedongâ€™s Communist Party seizes power and her husband is branded a â€˜bad element.â€™ After Maoâ€™s death in the 1970s, as China picks up the pieces and moves in a new direction, Chu eventually finds herself in a glittering city on the sea adjacent to Hong Kong, worlds away in both culture and time from the place she came from. â€œFengxian Chuâ€™s first-person account of growing up female in feudal rural China is ultimately as uplifting as it is heart wrenching. Beautiful and bravely written. Bravo.â€ â€“ Michael J. Totten, author of Where the West Ends
Country USA
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781976424540
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9781976424540
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Song of Praise for a Flower: One Woman's Journey through China's Tumultuous 20th Century

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