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Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
4.0

What an amazing story! With complete and real characters (though I wanted to strangle Joy and punch Tao at times lol). Shows how family and strong bonds come full cirlce over time and how love (be it love of family, friends or lover) can give one strength to do what they otherwise would never dream of. I wish it continued on to their lives in the US.

Amazing too, becaue it was unnervingly informative of a time in a great country where drastic change, hunger, oppression takes over the lives op its people under the guise of patriotism and moving forward. Z.G. said it best when he asked who is to protect China from stupid ideas and we saw just how those ideas manifest to turn once prosperous people in starving and desperate ghosts of themselves. I cannot say enough about this book and the realities in present (even past realities).