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306 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781400096985
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor
Publication date: 11 April 2006
Description
A revelatory and disturbing portrait of China, this is Anchee Min's celebrated memoir of growing up in the last years of Mao's China. As a child, Min was asked to publicly humiliate a teacher; at seventeen, she was sent to work at a labor collecti...
Community Reviews Summary of 542 reviews
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sad 66%
informative 63%
reflective 60%
dark 53%
tense 50%
challenging 26%
inspiring 23%
adventurous 16%
mysterious 10%
hopeful 6%
Pace
slow 24%
fast 10%
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Sexual content
306 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781400096985
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor
Publication date: 11 April 2006
Description
A revelatory and disturbing portrait of China, this is Anchee Min's celebrated memoir of growing up in the last years of Mao's China. As a child, Min was asked to publicly humiliate a teacher; at seventeen, she was sent to work at a labor collecti...
Community Reviews Summary of 542 reviews
Moods
sad 66%
informative 63%
reflective 60%
dark 53%
tense 50%
challenging 26%
inspiring 23%
adventurous 16%
mysterious 10%
hopeful 6%
Pace
slow 24%
fast 10%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Sexual content