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Summary: I just didn't like it
Review: I read the description & bought 2 copies - one for my father-in-law and one for me. It may have encouraged him to finally start writing down some family stories but he made no comment about the book which means he didn't like it. I could not get into my copy although I have tried several times -- and I usually finish every book I start. I did not think the writing was that good & it did not get my interest.
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Summary: A Fresh Voice
Review: I read the description & bought 2 copies - one for my father-in-law and one for me. It may have encouraged him to finally start writing down some family stories but he made no comment about the book which means he didn't like it. I could not get into my copy although I have tried several times -- and I usually finish every book I start. I did not think the writing was that good & it did not get my interest.
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Summary: I just didn't like it
Review: I read the description & bought 2 copies - one for my father-in-law and one for me. It may have encouraged him to finally start writing down some family stories but he made no comment about the book which means he didn't like it. I could not get into my copy although I have tried several times -- and I usually finish every book I start. I did not think the writing was that good & it did not get my interest.
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Summary: Beautiful writing! Moving Paintings!
Review: I was really drawn to Ms. Yang's quiet and yet affecting way of conveying her experience in China. When I saw her classical art in the book, I want to buy them! Can anyone let me know where I can possibly own her paintings to put in my house! I am sure when my father comes visit me from SIngapore, he will be pleased to see such wonderful work too. Thank you
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Summary: Beautiful writing! Moving Paintings!
Review: I was really drawn to Ms. Yang's quiet and yet affecting way of conveying her experience in China. When I saw her classical art in the book, I want to buy them! Can anyone let me know where I can possibly own her paintings to put in my house! I am sure when my father comes visit me from SIngapore, he will be pleased to see such wonderful work too. Thank you
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Summary: A Fresh Voice
Review: The book garnered starred reviews in both the "Library Journal" and "Kirkus Review" and so I had to read it for myself. The author writes as well as she paints. A fresh voice. It is one of those rare creations that is hard to place. Is it fiction or non-fiction? History or literature? I'd say both. It is a fresh look at China from the eyes of country folks, those who disappeared without a murmur in the chaos of war. I would recommend it to lovers of literature and lovers of history.
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Summary: A Fresh Voice
Review: The book garnered starred reviews in both the "Library Journal" and "Kirkus Review" and so I had to read it for myself. The author writes as well as she paints. A fresh voice. It is one of those rare creations that is hard to place. Is it fiction or non-fiction? History or literature? I'd say both. It is a fresh look at China from the eyes of country folks, those who disappeared without a murmur in the chaos of war. I would recommend it to lovers of literature and lovers of history.
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Summary: A visual treat and mind candy
Review: This is a great book. I came across this book by accident and loved it. The book is written as a series of short stories from the perspective a small boy growing up in 1930's China. Yang provides the reader will a taste of life in China during the 1930's. The author painted the pictures in the book. The paintings add zest. Very talented.
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Summary: A visual treat and mind candy
Review: This is a great book. I came across this book by accident and loved it. The book is written as a series of short stories from the perspective a small boy growing up in 1930's China. Yang provides the reader will a taste of life in China during the 1930's. The author painted the pictures in the book. The paintings add zest. Very talented.
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Summary: A wonderful retrospective of rural Manchurian-Chinese life
Review: Wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated book about the lives of the Chinese in the Manchurian frontier land before the Communist revolution. This is a Chinese rural life set in the abundance of the newly opened Manchuria, a time and place very different from the rest of land hungry China. The lives of these pioneers reminds one of those of the American pioneers of the Midwest prairies. The people in the story are brought to life as they make a living in this land of freezing winters, wolves and endless landscapes.
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