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Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
3.0

It took me a minute to get into this, but then once I was in I enjoyed it.
I learned a lot of the beginnings of Communist China, and the Chairman Mao era, and from an inside point of view.
The character of Joy was at first both young and annoying and then at the end strong and a heroine to cheer for.
I was racing the finish to see if this family could beat the odds.