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Red Azalea
Red Azalea | Anchee Min
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Born into a devoutly Maoist family in 1950s Shanghai and forced to work on a communal farm from the age of seventeen, Anchee Min found herself in an alienating and hostile political climate, where her only friendships were perilous and intense. Both candid and touching, this compelling memoir documents her isolation and illicit love against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution. From her coming of age in the Red Guard to her recruitment into Madame Mao's burgeoning industry of propaganda movies, Red Azalea explores the secret sensuality of a repressive society with elegance and honesty.
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Loving my mom‘s azaleas! #SpringHasSprung

Cinfhen Yup! That‘s spring 🌺🙌🏻❤️🥰🌺 4y
Cathythoughts Beautiful ❤️👍🏻 4y
BookwormM Beautiful 4y
Megabooks @Cinfhen it is, and I‘m enjoying everything but the allergies! 4y
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antivancrowe
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Oof this book. Min takes you to a lot of places and made me feel so much. I took in this book blind because I owned it I think I bought it originally for a college class which I dropped and have been working to eliminate books on my TBR shelf at home. I had no idea what Red Azalea was about and found myself fascinated.

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StaceyKondla
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 232 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram

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#ChinaGirl #WanderingJune

One of my favorite Chinese authors is Anchee Min. These are her two memoirs. Red Azaela is about living through the Cultural Revolution and working at Mao‘s film studio. Cooked Seed is about her immigration to the United States in 1984. She‘s also written some historical fiction.

BarbaraBB Both sound interesting. 5y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB They were! 5y
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Centique
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#timbittunes #loveinadangeroustime

Working in a labour camp under Mao Zedong‘s farm scheme was a dangerous time for Anchee Min to fall into a forbidden love. This is a great memoir of a terrifying epoch in Chinese history and how a young woman brought up to love Mao is slowly disenchanted and frightened by seeing his plans in action.

Cinfhen 👍🏻 6y
TheKidUpstairs Sounds like a tough, but good read! 6y
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If you're after a memoir of hardship, survival, and queer love during the Cultural Revolution, you want to read RED AZALEA. Anchee Min's clear, elegant prose takes the reader deep into her time as a farm worker entranced by the local Party secretary and menaced by a zealous fellow worker. It's an intense and oppressive read, but an excellent one. I'm eager to try Min's other books, which include another memoir and historical fiction.

Ingerella I read Empress Orchid a few years ago and thought it was really good. I only just now realized it had a sequel! I'll be adding that to my TBR list. 6y
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xicanti
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I usually save fried breakfasts for Sundays, but I woke up so hungry that I figured I needed something pretty substantial. Hopefully the influx of protein will also help with my energy deficit.

I really, really hope I can finish RED AZALEA today. It's excellent and it killed me I couldn't find the space to wallow in it earlier this week.

BiblioLitten I love this pic🙋 6y
forevermint This looks amazing 😍 6y
xicanti @BiblioLitten thank you! 6y
xicanti @forevermint it was super good. 6y
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xicanti
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I'm working my way through a show about Japanese culture, and it's given me some excellent meal ideas. My latest obsession is roasted nori softened with soy sauce and hot water before it's served over rice. YUM.

In book news, I've started RED AZALEA by Anchee Min, with many thanks to @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian for the rec!

Tamra Sounds delicious! 6y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Hope you like it! 6y
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haileybean
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My $9 book haul from the book store in town. Plus I got invited to a book launch. Good day!

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Fun Photo Friday! I definitely went through a China phase after I first got my Kindle. These are just a few of my favorites. They're all read...just new to this Kindle! 😉 🇨🇳

Lindy The book I'm reading right now reminds me of Red Azalea: 8y
Megabooks Thanks @Lindy 😃 you're adding to my TBR left and right! 8y
SusanInTiburon I got so much out of River Town. 8y
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Megabooks @Susanintiburon It's probably my favorite of the bunch! 8y
Laura317 I've read a lot of Chinese fiction (both of our children originally from China), but haven't read Red Azalea. I'm adding to my tbr list. 8y
Megabooks @Laura317 Anchee Min is great! I've enjoyed everything I've read by her. I hope you like it. 👍🏻😃 8y
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