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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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This autobiographical account of the chaos, and casual cruelties of the Cultural Revolution in Mao's heyday is a gripping listen. The tension and fear are palpable, but also the enthusiasm and idealism of youth to build a new China.

A Teenagers account of the Cultural Revolution

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Truly liked this book as the testimony give you a glimpse of what peope of China has experienced during the cultural revolution. Anyone intersted by the history of China would really like this audiobook!

Interesting and honest testimony

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