The story of a half Chinese, half English woman in pre and post-Cultural Revolution China, this is a fascinating account of an extraordinary time that is both sad, shocking, funny and thought provoking
Esther Cheo Ying was born in Shanghai in 1932. From the age of six
she spent her childhood in England but returned to China at
seventeen. In the Chinese People's Liberation Army, then in the New
China News Agency and on Peking Radio, she saw the New China in the
making - from the inside.
Eleven years later she returned to Britain and became a teacher.
For many years until retirement she was head of a primary school in
the West Country. She and her journalist husband then moved back to
the outskirts of London to be near their children and
grandchildren. Her hobbies include sculpture, writing and walking
and her daughter Polly is a successful author.
A remarkable and direct account
*Guardian*
An unusual true story...she tells movingly of the brainwashing,
privation and heartbreak
*Sunday Express*
Essential reading
*Time Out*
Unforgettable
*Financial Times*
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