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Eve J. Chung, "Daughters of Shandong" (Berkley Books, 2024)
Daughters of Shandong (Berkley Books, 2024), the author’s first and based on the life of her grandmother, follows the fortunes of a mother and three daughters abandoned by their wealthy family in soon-to-be Communist China. It is 1948, and Chairman Mao’s forces have moved into Shandong Province, driving the Nationalist Army into retreat. Although the town of Zhucheng is small and rural, the Ang family owns a palatial estate, built by generations of government officials and scholars.Even before the war turns against them, the family has little use for its eldest daughter-in-law, Chiang-Yue…
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