Amor Bajo el Espino Blanco (Paperback)

from carmelitasita29

I enjoyed reading this book about life and love in China under a communist dictatorship. The main character, Jingqui, was very naive and innocent, almost too much so, but still had many great qualities. The romance itself was almost believable, but not quite. I found the translation to be very si...

from mom2acat

This story takes place in early 1970's China, during the years of the Cultural Revolution. High school student Jingqiu is one of the many urban area students sent to the countryside to be "re-educated" under a dictate from Chairman Mao. Her father is a political prisoner, and her mother a teacher...

from fiverivers

Perhaps one of the most disappointing factors in a reading experience is when you finish a novel that had all the potential for greatness and fell so far short. This is exactly my experience with Under the Hawthorne Tree by Ai Mi. It is difficult to point to just one reason the novel failed. It c...