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Brighter Days Ahead: Utopian Novels
OBD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - ADULT (May)
OBD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - ADULT (May)
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"A teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child for the Cultural Revolution--in this provocative, poignant novel from the bestselling author of A River of Stars On the eve of China's Cultural Revolution and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished...