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Red Scarf Girl

A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

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Red Scarf Girl

By: Ji-li Jiang
Narrated by: Christina Moore
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Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao’s extreme politics. When Ji-li’s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all of her beautiful dreams burst like soap bubbles. Because Ji-li’s grandfather was a landlord, her family is harassed and humiliated. Their home is searched, and they live in constant fear. Nonetheless, Ji-li remains loyal to her beloved Chairman Mao and endeavors to "reform her ideology". But with her father’s detention, Ji-li is faced with the most difficult choice of her life.

Told with simple grace, this is the true story of a family’s courage in one of the most terrifying eras of modern history. Christina Moore’s moving narration makes the Jiang family’s saga unforgettable.

©1997 Ji-li Jiang (P)1999 Recorded Books Biographies Geography & Cultures Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Historical History Political Nonfiction China Socialism
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One of the best memoirs living through the cultural revolution, an excellent oral history. Christina Moore is an excellent narrator, she has a deep emotional range without over dramatising the memoir.

One to binge!

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I sympathise with her story, but I still hold Mao in high regard. I see her as a victim of history but I also recognise the cultural and historical importance of Mao to China, the Chinese people and the world.

There are no villains or hero's in the stage of the world, only victims.

Powerful

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