One minor crease alongside spine and a previous owner's christian name on top left hand corner of opening page, otherwise in an excellent condition. Separated from her parents as a one-year-old baby, Sansan of Tientsin knew nothing of her true family - only the hardships of growing up in the China of the 50s and 60s: the food shortages, the backbreaking 'voluntary' labour in the paddy fields, the constant pressure to conform... For sixteen hungry years, Sansan's courage and humour saw her through - until the day she learned of her real parents, alive and well and living in America, and set out on a daring journey to join the family she had never known... Told with touching simplicity, this is Sansan's own remarkable tale, as told to her sister, Bette Bao Lord, bestselling author of Spring Moon. As an unrivalled glimpse into life in contemporary China and a moving story, Eighth Moon will surprise, delight and enthral.

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