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mike_morse 's review for:
Dreams of Joy
by Lisa See
This sequel to Shanghai girls rates 5 stars as well. It's historical fiction set in China during Mao's cultural revolution. The author clearly does not care for communism, but the story is told (mostly) through the eyes of the at first idealistic and later disillusioned daughter of the immigrants we met in the first book. The book works on many levels, historical, political, mother/daughter, and the dreams and aspirations of us all.
My only quibble is the relentlessly depressing, menacing, and frightening tone of the book.
How true to reality is this book? The author has a clear agenda, so I don't know. I've got Kissinger's "On China" on my list to answer that question.
My only quibble is the relentlessly depressing, menacing, and frightening tone of the book.
How true to reality is this book? The author has a clear agenda, so I don't know. I've got Kissinger's "On China" on my list to answer that question.