Tears of the Moon - Softcover

Sheng, Guo

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143018728 ISBN 13: 9780143018728

Publisher: Penguin, 2003

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Written by a Chinese woman, now resident in New Zealand, this is another real life story of hardship, brutality and terror during and after the Mao-initiated Cultural Revolution. Written from the heart, it is touchingly real and convincing.

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Synopsis:

Guo Sheng now lives in a New Zealand city, but during China's Cultural Revolution her family were persecuted by the Red Guards and subjected to unspeakable violence. In her story brutal beatings and public humiliations become a daily occurrence. Their property was destroyed and her grandfather shot and killed. Meanwhile Guo herself was in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks: he and his family were Red Guard sympathisers. Her family was horrified. A decade later the couple met up again, but times have changed. Later, with her family suffering on-going persecution, Guo Sheng pursued her education and career, met a New Zealand couple and later left her homeland for a foreign country - New Zealand.

About the Author:

Unfortunately we can reveal little about this brave woman's identity. Guo Sheng is not her real name. She is deeply concerned about the effect of publicity on her family back in China and has asked that her identity remain hidden.

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