The Resource Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War, Zhuqing Li
Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War, Zhuqing Li
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The item Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War, Zhuqing Li represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Billerica Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence. Scions of a once-great southern Chinese family that produced the tutor of the last emperor, Jun and Hong were each other's best friends until, in their twenties, they were separated by chance at the end of the Chinese Civil War. For the next thirty years, while one became a model Communist, the other a model capitalist, they could not even communicate. On Taiwan, Jun married a Nationalist general, established an important trading company, and ultimately emigrated to the United States. On the Communist mainland, Hong built her medical career under a cloud of suspicion about her family and survived two waves of "re-education" before she was acclaimed for her achievements. Zhuqing Li recounts her aunts' experiences with extraordinary sympathy and breathtaking storytelling. A microcosm of women's lives in a time of traumatic change, this is a fascinating, evenhanded account of the recent history of separation between mainland China and Taiwan"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 353 pages
- Contents
-
- Part I The Garden
- Expelled
- Part II Leaving
- The East Is Red
- Adrift
- Beyond the Hospital Walls
- Arriving in Taiwan
- "Continue the Leap"
- Part III Re- education
- "It's Our Home"
- "The Big Muscle"
- Midnight Train to Gaoxiong (Kaohsiong)
- The Past That Refused to Fade
- Part IV Setting Sail
- Stepping- Stone
- "No Tears for Today!"
- Into a New World
- Isbn
- 9780393541779
- Label
- Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War
- Title
- Daughters of the flower fragrant garden
- Title remainder
- two sisters separated by China's Civil War
- Statement of responsibility
- Zhuqing Li
- Title variation
- Two sisters separated by China's Civil War
- Subject
-
- Chen, Wenjun, 1923-2014
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Biography
- Families -- China | Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- History -- 20th century
- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) -- Biography
- Chen family
- Sisters -- China | Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- Biography
- Taiwan -- Biography
- Refugees -- Taiwan -- Biography
- Chen, Hong, (Pseudonym)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence. Scions of a once-great southern Chinese family that produced the tutor of the last emperor, Jun and Hong were each other's best friends until, in their twenties, they were separated by chance at the end of the Chinese Civil War. For the next thirty years, while one became a model Communist, the other a model capitalist, they could not even communicate. On Taiwan, Jun married a Nationalist general, established an important trading company, and ultimately emigrated to the United States. On the Communist mainland, Hong built her medical career under a cloud of suspicion about her family and survived two waves of "re-education" before she was acclaimed for her achievements. Zhuqing Li recounts her aunts' experiences with extraordinary sympathy and breathtaking storytelling. A microcosm of women's lives in a time of traumatic change, this is a fascinating, evenhanded account of the recent history of separation between mainland China and Taiwan"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Li, Zhuqing
- Dewey number
-
- 951.04/20922
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS797.26.F89
- LC item number
- C445 2022
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China)
- Chen, Wenjun
- Chen, Hong
- Chen family
- Sisters
- Families
- Refugees
- Taiwan
- China
- Label
- Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War, Zhuqing Li
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I The Garden -- Expelled -- Part II Leaving -- The East Is Red -- Adrift -- Beyond the Hospital Walls -- Arriving in Taiwan -- "Continue the Leap" -- Part III Re- education -- "It's Our Home" -- "The Big Muscle" -- Midnight Train to Gaoxiong (Kaohsiong) -- The Past That Refused to Fade -- Part IV Setting Sail -- Stepping- Stone -- "No Tears for Today!" -- Into a New World
- Control code
- on1329282049
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 353 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393541779
- Lccn
- 2022007374
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1329282049
- Label
- Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War, Zhuqing Li
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I The Garden -- Expelled -- Part II Leaving -- The East Is Red -- Adrift -- Beyond the Hospital Walls -- Arriving in Taiwan -- "Continue the Leap" -- Part III Re- education -- "It's Our Home" -- "The Big Muscle" -- Midnight Train to Gaoxiong (Kaohsiong) -- The Past That Refused to Fade -- Part IV Setting Sail -- Stepping- Stone -- "No Tears for Today!" -- Into a New World
- Control code
- on1329282049
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 353 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393541779
- Lccn
- 2022007374
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1329282049
Subject
- Chen, Wenjun, 1923-2014
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Biography
- Families -- China | Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- History -- 20th century
- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) -- Biography
- Chen family
- Sisters -- China | Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- Biography
- Taiwan -- Biography
- Refugees -- Taiwan -- Biography
- Chen, Hong, (Pseudonym)
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