Description
Mulberry Child is the true story of a childhood during the Cultural Revolution in China. Jian Ping's father, Hou Kai, a government official, was falsely accused of treason during the Cultural Revolution, and her mother, Gu Wenxiu, a top school administrator, was paraded in public and detained by the Red Guards--a driving force of the Revolution. Facing abuse and deprivation, Jian Ping's family stands steadfastly together, from her aging grandmother, a frail woman with bound feet, to her parents and siblings. The traumatic impacts of their experiences shape the course of their lives forever. Based on her own memories, as well as interviews and exhaustive research, Mulberry Child is a family tale of resilience, a coming of age story told through the eyes of an innocent child.
