Peach blossom spring / Melissa Fu.
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TextPublisher: London : Wildfire, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 385 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472277541; 9781472277534Subject(s): Families -- China -- Fiction | Emigration and immigration -- Fiction | Chinese -- United States -- Fiction | Mothers and sons -- Fiction | Chinese Americans -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Fiction | China -- History -- 1937-1945 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: It is 1938 in China, and the Japanese are advancing. A young mother, Meilin, is forced to flee her burning city with her four-year-old son, Renshu, and embark on an epic journey across China. For comfort, they turn to their most treasured possession - a beautifully illustrated hand scroll. Its ancient fables offer solace and wisdom as they travel through their ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. His daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, but he refuses to talk about his childhood. How can he keep his family safe in this new land when the weight of his history threatens to drag them down?
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"China, 1938. A mother and son flee a burning city. Their serach for home will span continents and generations." -- Cover.
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It is 1938 in China, and the Japanese are advancing. A young mother, Meilin, is forced to flee her burning city with her four-year-old son, Renshu, and embark on an epic journey across China. For comfort, they turn to their most treasured possession - a beautifully illustrated hand scroll. Its ancient fables offer solace and wisdom as they travel through their ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. His daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, but he refuses to talk about his childhood. How can he keep his family safe in this new land when the weight of his history threatens to drag them down?
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