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carmentxx's review against another edition
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on my cover Mary Wesley writes that ‘it is impossible to exaggerate the important of this book’. in my ignorance i said to my friend, how important can it be? yeah, pretty fucking important. one of the only truthful, harrowing, beyond emotional memoirs to come out of the apocalyptic, cultish nightmare that was 20th century china. how can you give this book anything other than 5 stars? this book took me through every inch of human emotion and poured every detail of the horror- and small amounts of relentless hope- that maoist china enforced. mao was a psychopathic sadist who thrived on horror, destruction, and genocide of his own people. we can never forget. we will not forget.
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Graphic: Classism, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Confinement, Death, Police brutality, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Murder, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Bullying, Child abuse, and Medical content
zaczytanaati's review against another edition
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max_booth's review against another edition
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abbie1512's review against another edition
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Not something I would have chosen myself but am pleased I took the recommendation. Very interesting to read about a culture I know little about
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Well-written memoir of the author's life in the early days of Communist China, as well as her mother and grandmother as they went through the turmoil of the early 20th century. It's definitely not an unbiased account, but the author is genuine, and the imagery is great. Her writing is very readable.