{"product_id":"a-hundred-flowers-paperback","title":"A Hundred Flowers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Tsukiyama\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGail Tsukiyama's \u003ci\u003eA Hundred Flowers \u003c\/i\u003e is powerful novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChina, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: \"Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.\" Many intellectuals fear it is only a trick, and Kai Ying's husband, Sheng, a teacher, has promised not to jeopardize their safety or that of their young son, Tao. But one July morning, just before his sixth birthday, Tao watches helplessly as Sheng is dragged away for writing a letter criticizing the Communist Party and sent to a labor camp for \"reeducation.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA year later, still missing his father desperately, Tao climbs to the top of the hundred-year-old kapok tree in front of their home, wanting to see the mountain peaks in the distance. But Tao slips and tumbles thirty feet to the courtyard below, badly breaking his leg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Kai Ying struggles to hold her small family together in the face of this shattering reminder of her husband's absence, other members of the household must face their own guilty secrets and strive to find peace in a world where the old sense of order is falling. Once again, Tsukiyama brings us a powerfully moving story of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances with grace and courage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGail Tsukiyama\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of several novels--including \u003ci\u003eThe Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Women of the Silk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Samurai's Garden--\u003c\/i\u003eas well as the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland\/Josephine Miles Literary Award. Born to a Chinese mother and a Japanese fathe, she lives in El Cerrito, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720373375039,"sku":"9781250022547","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/89337e747d311c333d66a59291a01b47.webp?v=1765088926","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-hundred-flowers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}