Wild Ginger by Anchee Min [in AsianWeek]
18 Jul, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost
A tragic coming-of-age melodrama about two girls, Maple and Wild Ginger, brainwashed by Mao and the Cultural Revolution, packaged in a surprisingly slim volume.
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