{"product_id":"daughters-of-shandong","title":"Daughters of Shandong","description":"\u003cb\u003eA propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Instant \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller, a \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e Buzz Pick, and a \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Throw open the doors of your heart for the lionhearted girls of Chung's gripping debut . . . they are heroines for the ages.\"\u003ci\u003e--People\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaughters are the Ang family's curse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai is the eldest of four girls and spends her days looking after her sisters. Headstrong Di, who is just a year younger, learns to hide in plain sight, and their mother--abused by the family for failing to birth a boy--finds her own small acts of rebellion in the kitchen. As the Communist army closes in on their town, the rest of the prosperous household flees, leaving behind the girls and their mother because they view them as useless mouths to feed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithout an Ang male to punish, the land-seizing cadres choose Hai, as the eldest child, to stand trial for her family's crimes. She barely survives their brutality. Realizing the worst is yet to come, the women plan their escape. Starving and penniless but resourceful, they forge travel permits and embark on a thousand-mile journey to confront the family that abandoned them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the countryside to the bustling city of Qingdao, and onward to British Hong Kong and eventually Taiwan, they witness the changing tide of a nation and the plight of multitudes caught in the wake of revolution. But with the loss of their home and the life they've known also comes new freedom--to take hold of their fate, to shake free of the bonds of their gender, and to claim their own story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in assured, evocative prose, with impeccably drawn characters, \u003ci\u003eDaughters of Shandong\u003c\/i\u003e is a hopeful, powerful story about the resilience of women in war; the enduring love between mothers, daughters, and sisters; and the sacrifices made to lift up future generations.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943489470695,"sku":"9780593640548","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_1f58bcdb-9f0d-439f-b453-e543f7c8da55.jpg?v=1775324043","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/daughters-of-shandong","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}