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books:

Music, Food and Love: A Memoir
Guo Yue, Clare Farrow

Piatkus Books, 2008

A delightful memoir with recipes. Music, Food and Love conveys the vivid experiences of a boy with a passion for music and cooking who grew up in Beijing before and during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. For him, music and food are equally important. The youngest of six children, Guo Yue recalls his childhood at the heart of a close-knit family of musicians living beside a Beijing alley. He draws the reader into a world where music is ...

Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing

2 reviews
Guo Yue, Clare Farrow

Barefoot Books, 2008

Excellent, moving.
An excellent introduction into the horrors Mau Zedong wrought through the Cultural Revolution. It put a personal face on communism for my kids, without being too graphic or scary. The combination of the simple prose with the gorgeous, colorful paintings made an impression on all of us. We now are seeking out other age-appropriate books to read on the topic of life under a communist rule.