Staff Reviews & Reader’s Guides
Recent Reviews:
The Book of Lies: A Novel (P.S.) by Mary Horlock
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The Magician's Elephant
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The Tiger's Wife
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Enduring Love
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Life by Keith Richards
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Message form an Unknown Chinese Mother
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A set of stories about Chinese women...
Message form an Unknown Chinese Mother by Xinran This book is a remarkable set of stories about Chinese women and the many reasons why they abandon their babies – most often girls. It explains the historical treatment of women that has been hard to change and the more recent liberations with economic changes in their society. But most importantly, it gives unbelievable insight into the lives of Chinese women and their remarkable, heart-wrenching stories of love and loss. Xinran has the ability to get women from a closed era to open up about “things that were never spoken of”. She is the voice for women who have had no voice.
