A review by tidestriders
The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History by Lan Yan

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

it's so interesting to me that one family can be so intertwined with the political conflict and history of a country. the timeline of the book was hard to follow at times (as someone unfamiliar with china's history & the cultural revolution), but overall the book was very enjoyable, especially the last half