Daughters of the flower fragrant garden: two sisters separated by China's Civil War
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[2022]
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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.
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Biographies
Chen, Hong
Chen, Hong -- (Pseudonym)
Chen, Wenjun
Chen, Wenjun, -- 1923-2014
Chen family
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Biography
Families
Families -- China -- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- History -- 20th century
Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) -- Biography
History
Refugees
Refugees -- Taiwan -- Biography
Sisters
Sisters -- China -- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- Biography
Taiwan -- Biography
Chen, Hong
Chen, Hong -- (Pseudonym)
Chen, Wenjun
Chen, Wenjun, -- 1923-2014
Chen family
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Biography
Families
Families -- China -- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- History -- 20th century
Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) -- Biography
History
Refugees
Refugees -- Taiwan -- Biography
Sisters
Sisters -- China -- Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) -- Biography
Taiwan -- Biography
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9780393541779
9781667071602
9781667071602
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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.
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Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) -- Biography
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Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War
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Daughters of the flower fragrant garden : two sisters separated by China's Civil War / Zhuqing Li
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