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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters
I read this a couple months ago. I was especially touched by portrait of the author's father. Some especially memorable scenes were where he is forced to burn his own books, where he decides to take a stand and write a letter directly to Mao (putting his life at risk), and when he waits outside the movie theater for days just to catch a glimpse of his wife as she is led to and from detention.
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I'm thinking of reading that this summer -sounds very compelling.