Red Azalea by Anchee Min

This book is a memoir of the Chinese author Anchee Min. She talked about her life in China in the years of Chairman Mao and the communist party. She was at the age of six when she started taking care of her siblings whom were younger than her a year. She was sent to the Red Fire Farm camp and she suffered a lot there because of the hard duty that was given to her. After that, she was sent to the studio to work as a set clerk after she failed becoming an actress. She used to sing operas. She loved one of the comrades in the Red Fire Farm camp her name was Yan. She also loved the supervisor of the film Studio whom nobody knew his name. Anchee Min saw how the people in her country were suffering. Her parents were an example of being victims of Chairman Mao cruelty. Both of them had to leave their jobs as professors and work in the factory. Nobody dared to talk badly about the communist party and if they did, they would be considered as reactionaries. Finally, Madam Mao was arrested and the people of China celebrated with crabs and wine.

               

We recommend this book because it is about the years of Chairman Mao and the communist party. It was interesting for us, for we learned about the culture of China. Also, it is a memoir of the famous Chinese author Anchee.