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tamarasbooknook 's review for:
Peach Blossom Spring
by Melissa Fu
One I struggled to get into at first, but well worth persevering.
Set in China during the Japanese invasion and subsequent civil war, we follow a family's struggle to flee, adapt and survive. Amidst the horrors, many homes and family members are lost but they live on through the stories we tell.
Renshu is only 4 when they first have to flee, but they will be uprooted many times more during his childhood. As they travel, his mother reads him stories from a beautiful scroll.
Through their hardship, Renshu manages to study hard, catch up on his missed schooling and earns a prestigious place at an American University. Still he is not safe and has to be very careful of who he speaks to and what he says.
He wants to shield his daughter from the political danger so says very little. However, she is still drawn to find out more where ever she can.
Set in China during the Japanese invasion and subsequent civil war, we follow a family's struggle to flee, adapt and survive. Amidst the horrors, many homes and family members are lost but they live on through the stories we tell.
Renshu is only 4 when they first have to flee, but they will be uprooted many times more during his childhood. As they travel, his mother reads him stories from a beautiful scroll.
Through their hardship, Renshu manages to study hard, catch up on his missed schooling and earns a prestigious place at an American University. Still he is not safe and has to be very careful of who he speaks to and what he says.
He wants to shield his daughter from the political danger so says very little. However, she is still drawn to find out more where ever she can.