MJV sent me Peach Blossom Spring, by Melissa Fu. It's a novel that traces a boy/man, Renshu from 1938 to 1997. The story begins in China as Japanese troops adavance on his home. The family flees to Changquin, where Chiang Kai-shek is headquartered. With the Communist takeover they flee again to Taiwan. After graduating from univeristy, Renshu, goes to America for graduate school and there he settles.
It's a novel but one is led to think that it's much like the story of the author's family. It's a page turning book brimming with history, keen observations about moving between cultures and profound insights about life and relationships. The story is so well told that I read much of it in one evening.
I highly recommend it.
Takk for alt,
Al
Seagulls lined us if waiting for a taxi.
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