My Half of the Sky

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My Half of the Sky
My Half of the Sky
Author : Jana McBurney-Lin
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Publisher : Unknown
Language : English
Release Date : 06 May 2024
ISBN : UCSC:32106018479300
Pages : 560 pages
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My Half of the Sky by Jana McBurney-Lin Book PDF Summary

Jana McBurney-Lin's debut novel My Half of the Sky introduces Li Hui, a modern young Chinese woman of marriageable age who has recently graduated from Xiamen University. Her goal is to realize Mao's words: Women hold up half of the sky. Li Hui struggles with finding love and acting with honor. Guidance and advice come from all corners of her world as well as different and conflicing generational, historical and cultural values. Everyone wants something different for and from her, particularly her parents who mourn their lack of a son while attempting to marry Li to their greatest advantage. In fact most everyone has a selfish investment in what Li Hui will do and whom she might marry. Does this sound like Jane Austen writing about the dilemmas facing young women in China today? You bet. This original and insightful work is in the best traditions of classic novels that explore people caught in the crucible of change in complex cultures. The rewards are rich for the reader, including intriguing insights into folk tales and conventional wisdom of a culture of which few of us have an intimate and timely knowledge.

My Half of the Sky

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