A review by lizzybd
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia

5.0

Last year, my local library posted on FB to come out and get some free books. I made my way straight there. They were closing up in 15 minutes, so I grabbed some books that seemed to have a good title and left. This was one of those books. How serendipitous it was to have casually chosen one of the most wonderful books I’ve ever read. This was written about true events that took place in Shanghai during WW2 and after the Communists took over China. History was always dull in school for me; however, I grew to love history when I homeschooled my daughter. Sadly, my knowledge of World War history in the Pacific is next to nil. I always learned more about the European side of the war. I feel like I got quite the education reading go this book. I had no idea about many of the things that took place in Asia. Having visited The Bund in the past without knowing its history makes me want to go back. I was so clueless when I went before and feel like I missed out on so much.

This book is a must-read. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.