Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The ones who left

Homeseeking by Karissa Chen

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Bingo Square – Diaspora (it says so right in the novel’s description – follows two main characters that left China during the war between the Nationalists and Communists and represents two different paths). Also, this makes my first Bingo (4th column is complete). This novel follows the lives of Suchi and Haiwen, Sue and Howard, or Susu and Doudou as they are called at various points in their lives. Childhood sweethearts in 1940s Shanghai, the two are separated when Haiwen joins the Nationalist army in […]

It’s a Long and Winding Road

Homeseeking by Karissa Chen

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cbr17bingo Diaspora The post WWII years in China were tumultuous times.  The Japanese, who had invaded and occupied a good deal of China, were leaving, but left in their stead a split China.  There was the nationalist government, supported by the Allies (think Chiang Kai-shek), many of whom ended up retreating to Taiwan.  Meanwhile Mao Zedong further expanded his alternative Communist regime.  And caught in the middle of all this were people just trying to live their lives, such as Suchi and Haiwen. The two […]



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