Under Red Skies is a deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower.

Through the stories of three generations of women in her family, Karoline Kan reveals how they navigated their way in a country beset by poverty and often-violent political unrest.

This memoir offers gripping tales of struggle, resilience, and hope as the Kans move from quiet villages to crowded towns and through the urban streets of Beijing in search of a better way of life.

With an engaging eyewitness account and Karoline's quest to understand the rapidly evolving, shifting sands of China, this book is a fascinating portrait of an otherwise-hidden world, written from the perspective of those who live there.