Red Azalea: A Memoir

Red Azalea: A Memoir

<p>A revelatory and disturbing portrait of China, this is Anchee Min€s celebrated memoir of growing up in the last years of Mao€s China. As a child, Min was asked to publicly humiliate a teacher; at seventeen, she was sent to work at a labor collective. Forbidden to speak, dress, read, write, or love as she pleased, she found a lifeline in a secret love affair with another woman. Miraculously selected for the film version of one of Madame Mao€s political operas, Min€s life changed overnight. Then Chairman Mao suddenly died, taking with him an entire world. This national bestseller and <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book is exceptional for its candor, its poignancy, its courage, and for its prose which Newsweek calls "as delicate and evocative as a traditional Chinese brush painting."<br><br></p>