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"More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China's economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan province to instruct students from the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with many of the people...
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"The year is 2040, and wealthy real estate investor Leo Yang- handsome, distinguished, a real Shanghai man- is on the train back to the city after seeing his family off at the airport. His sophisticated Japanese-French wife and their two eldest children, Yumi and Yoko, are headed to Boston, though one daughter's revelation will soon re-route them to Paris. 2039: Kiko, their youngest daughter and aspiring actress, decides to pursue fame at any cost,...
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From the publisher. A New York Times Notable Book. Winner of the Kiriyama Book Prize. In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more...
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"China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China's western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates...
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