04487cam a2200745 4500 1844229740 TxGeo 20250106120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593640555 0593640551 B0CDZYL7G3 Amazon 561654d5-8851-4b93-a1cc-211c36de0b2f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10056981 OverDrive (Product ID) TxGeo Chung, Eve J. Daughters of Shandong [Libby]. Penguin Publishing Group, 2024. family. literary fiction. Historical. romance. Fiction. novels. women. China. Historical Fiction. Women's Fiction. refugees. Mother's Day. Taiwan. literature. Alternate History. fiction books. historical novels. summer reads. mothers day. historical fiction novels. books for mom. mothers day books. mothers day gifts. mom gifts. gifts for mom. best seller books. gifts for women. historical fiction books. book club books. mom books. gifts for her. books historical fiction. realistic fiction books. women gifts. books fiction. aapi. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>An Instant <i>USA Today</i> Bestseller, a <i>Good Morning America</i> Buzz Pick, and a <i>People</i> Book of the Week!<br /> “Throw open the doors of your heart for the lionhearted girls of Chung’s gripping debut…they are heroines for the ages."<br /> <i>—People</i><br /> A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story</b><br /> Daughters are the Ang family’s curse.<br /> 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 four girls and spends her days looking after her sisters. Headstrong Di, who is just a year younger, learns to hide in plain sight, and their mother—abused by the family for failing to birth a boy—finds her own small acts of rebellion in the kitchen. 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.<br /> 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. Starving and penniless but resourceful, they forge travel permits and embark on a thousand-mile journey to confront the family that abandoned them.<br /> From the countryside to the bustling city of Qingdao, and onward to British Hong Kong and eventually Taiwan, they witness the changing tide of a nation and the plight of multitudes caught in the wake of revolution. But with the loss of their home and the life they’ve known also comes new freedom—to take hold of their fate, to shake free of the bonds of their gender, and to claim their own story.<br /> Told in assured, evocative prose, with impeccably drawn characters, <i>Daughters of Shandong</i> is a hopeful, powerful story about the resilience of women in war; the enduring love between mothers, daughters, and sisters; and the sacrifices made to lift up future generations. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-01-05 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=561654d5-8851-4b93-a1cc-211c36de0b2f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=561654d5-8851-4b93-a1cc-211c36de0b2f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) QS5