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Review 'He uses a radio journalist�s sense for sound and place to create a vivid and readable account. . . . The book's focus on ordinary people makes it refreshingly accessible.' � (Financial Times)'Immensely readable. . . . Readers of this book will find their views of China deepened and expanded, and will discover that they can never look on the China in the Western news headlines the same way again.' � (Christian Science Monitor)'This personal narrative could easily become one of bitterness; instead, Tong tells his story with humor, a little snark, lots of love, and a determination to show the dignity of his people and others he meets along the way. A charming book about a second-generation American's search for his family (past and present) and for himself in contemporary China. Highly recommended, especially for those interested in Chinese history and family journeys.: � (Library Journal, starred review)'A solid exploration of China past and present in which the author climbs �a punishing mountain of history with [his] intergenerational team.' (Kirkus Reviews)�This ambitious work, part social and political history and part personal story, doesn�t attempt to cover all the members of Tong's family. Tong instead concentrates on a few representative relatives who reveal particular facets of the vast changes in China. . . . Tong clearly communicates the complexity of Chinese life and effectively integrates his own story into a much larger one.' � (Booklist)'In�this, his first book, Scott Tong does much to revive the stocks of two genres that have been looking a bit tired lately: China reportage and China memoir.�A former correspondent for the US public radio series�Marketplace, he argues that the official narrative of Chinese history is frustratingly incomplete, and his gentle and original fusing of the two genres backs up his claims.' � (Inside Story)'An account of China's treasured historical biography [that]�helps answer the question, 'Where did today's China really come from?'�. . . Tong succeeds in sharing the raw spirit of China�s people through a period of history that is in many ways better left alone. He captures the hopes, joys, sufferings, losses, fears, present realities, hardships, and dreams of the Chinese people.�. . .Like a warm blanket reminding me of good times gone by . . . . Tong gracefully shares the pain of China's history through his family's ancestral past. . . .�He takes the secretly packaged and hidden histories of his family and reworks them into this beautiful story filled with both good and bad endings in order to leave a legacy; a legacy for all Chinese families who understand the disconnect between China's past and its current modern age.' (China Source)'A remarkable achievement: the writer has overcome his own family�s reluctance to speak about a past punctuated by heart-rending episodes to tell the story of China�s re-emergence through their lives. . . . [A] gem . . . more than just a trip through the ancestral archives.' (Post Magazine)�In this combination of memoir, genealogy, history, and current affairs reporting, Tong uses his discovery of his family�s past in mainland China to put many of China�s most monumental historical events into a human scale. His attempts to clarify or uncover his family history, and the disputes, controversies, and missteps he encounters along the way will be familiar to anyone who has spent time trying to understand how a family became the way it is. Here the story is even more interesting because the story of the Tongs is complicated by the political history of China, which remains very present in their lives.� (James Carter, coauthor of Forging the Modern World: A History)�Tong�uses a reporter's skills and dedication to track down his family�s own story, traveling�to such unfamiliar places as�a desolate prison camp in remote northeastern China and�a child trafficker�s front room. The result is a vivid illustration of the high price paid by his relatives for their links with the West. Compulsively readable, this book traces China�s long and difficult relationship with the outside world through the extraordinary journey of a single family.� � (Louisa Lim, author of The People�s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited) Read more About the Author Scott Tong is a correspondent for the American Public Media program �Marketplace,� with a focus on energy, environment, resources, climate, supply chain, and the global economy. He is former China bureau chief. Tong has reported from more than a dozen countries. � Read more
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