Basic: A Hundred Flowers (Hardcover)

from Litfan

With spare, elegant prose, this novel takes the reader into the everyday life of a family in Communist China, whose lives have been forever changed by the choice to speak out against the Communist Party. The story shifts perspectives among Kai Ying, whose husband Sheng has been sent to the labor ...

from susan.jeffery

This book was a Goodreads book that I was thrilled to receive. If you like Gail Tsukiyama's books, this will not disappoint. The story is woven through a family through a difficult time. You can't help but turn the pages wondering about each character and how things will turn out. I guess it's a ...

from crazy4reading

This was a great book to start the year off for our library book club. I have never read a book by Gail Tsukiyama. I am not that familiar with China's history either. I really enjoyed this book right from the start. I started reading the book but then borrowed the audio from Overdrive to finish t...

from Quiltinfun06

Not my favorite book from this author but definitely worth the read. You get a better understanding of this time period and how the people suffered. Each character has a voice in the events that occurred while Sheng was imprisoned for reeducation by the government. Tao and Kai learn about love an...

from Pmaurer

Story of the Chinese cultural revolution as told from the perspective of several members of a family- a young boy, his grandfather (a retired teacher); his mother (a herbalist called on by many people for her skills); his father (sent for retraining by the authorities) and a pregnant girl taken i...