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Daughters of the flower fragrant garden two sisters separated by China's Civil War

"Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence. Scions of a once-great southern Chinese family that produced the tutor of the last emperor, Jun and Hong were each other's best friends until, in their twenties, they were...

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Main Author: Li, Zhuqing, 1963- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) > Biography.
Chen, Wenjun, > 1923-2014.
Chen, Hong > (Pseudonym)
Chen family.
Sisters > China > Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) > Biography.
Families > China > Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng) > History > 20th century.
Refugees > Taiwan > Biography.
Taiwan > Biography.
China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949 > Biography.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I The Garden
  • Expelled
  • Part II Leaving
  • The East Is Red
  • Adrift
  • Beyond the Hospital Walls
  • Arriving in Taiwan
  • "Continue the Leap"
  • Part III Re- education
  • "It's Our Home"
  • "The Big Muscle"
  • Midnight Train to Gaoxiong (Kaohsiong)
  • The Past That Refused to Fade
  • Part IV Setting Sail
  • Stepping- Stone
  • "No Tears for Today!"
  • Into a New World.

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