02079cam a2200445 i 4500 1839322689 TxGeo 20241216120000.0 231106s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023036908 9780593640531 hbk. 0593640535 hbk. (OCoLC)1394001246 TxGeo rda Chung, Eve J, author. Daughters of Shandong : a novel / Eve J. Chung. New York, NY : Berkley, [2024] 386 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier cri rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai is the eldest of [three] girls and spends her days looking after her sisters. ... As the Communist army closes in on their town, the rest of the prosperous household flees, leaving behind the girls and their mother because they view them as useless mouths to feed. Without an Ang male to punish, the land-seizing cadres choose Hai, as the eldest child, to stand trial for her family's crimes. She barely survives their brutality. Realizing the worst is yet to come, the women plan their escape"-- Provided by publisher. 20241227. Zhongguo guo min dang Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Rich people Fiction. Torture Fiction. War victims Fiction. Patriarchy Fiction. China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Fiction. China Social conditions 1912-1949 Fiction. Taiwan History 1945- Fiction. Taiwan Social conditions 1945- Fiction. Historical fiction. QS5