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The author tells about the happy life she led in China up until she was twelve-years-old when her family became a target of the Cultural Revolution, and discusses the choice she had to make between denouncing her father and breaking with her family, or refusing to speak against him and losing her future in the Communist Party.
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I read this years ago. I'd studied some about the Cultural Revolution in school, and this was a book we followed it up with. It was a fascinating read about what happened during the Communist takeover, even to one who had been a committed member of the Communist party. Chilling, too; especially since the time is largely forgotten now. And you know the famous quote about being doomed to repeat the history we forget....