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In Pearl S. Buck’s engaging work, three daughters reckon with their identities and loyalties as they choose to return to China amid the transformative period of Chairman Mao’s revolution. The story also offers a compelling portrait of their mother, whose experiences illuminate the cultural and societal shifts that reshape Old China in the face of modernity.
First publish date: 1969
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Pearl S. Buck
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