Spring flower (14 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 566 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | At the height of the Korean War, with anti-American hostility at a fevered pitch, Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins' adoptive parents fled China, encouraging their daughter to serve her country and aid her people in whatever ways she could. Determined to fulfill their wishes, and her own, Jean worked to shed her American accent and study the culture and history of the land of her birth. Following in the footsteps of her medical missionary father, she became an ophthalmologist, practicing in Shanghai, a city relatively unscathed by Mao's ideologically driven economic policies. But her struggles were just beginning.Her daughter was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and then came the Cultural Revolution, decimating China physically, spiritually, and morally. As the Red Guards ramped up their rampage, Jean's husband Paul Hsiung, a renowned agronomist, was imprisoned on charges of criticizing the government, but she found the courage to survive thanks to the kindness of colleagues and the help of the angels who lived next door.This is Book Two of the three-volume Spring Flower series, and ends as Paul is released after four years in a labor camp, gaunt but not dispirited; and he and Jean dance on the verandah of their apartment to the music of Bing Crosby, while their son frolicks in the falling snow.…

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 378 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | "In 1972, President Richard Nixon visited China, bringing hope to Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins that she might someday be able to return to America and see her adoptive parents again. But the Cultural Revolution was still wracking the country, and Jean's troubles were only growing as she faced endless hardships and indignities. Finally there was a breath of fresh air as Western delegations began visiting China and Jean was invited to interpret for their conferences. She even served as interpreter for Communist Party Chairman Hua Kuo-Feng.The Westerners she encountered were drawn to this demure doctor who spoke fluent American English and her stories of being raised in rural China by Connecticut missionaries and going to high school in New York. One New England physician offered to help her get to America. In 1980, Jean's dream came true and she and her teenage son were among the earliest post-Mao émigrés from China to the United States. But her struggle didn't end there. In spite of all she had endured, America did not embrace her. And Jean had to work for eighteen more years to overcome bureaucratic impenetrability and outright racism before becoming an American citizen. Yet through it all, Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins never abandoned her ideal of America as the shining city on the hill.".…

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 378 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | "In 1972, President Richard Nixon visited China, bringing hope to Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins that she might someday be able to return to America and see her adoptive parents again. But the Cultural Revolution was still wracking the country, and Jean's troubles were only growing as she faced endless hardships and indignities. Finally there was a breath of fresh air as Western delegations began visiting China and Jean was invited to interpret for their conferences. She even served as interpreter for Communist Party Chairman Hua Kuo-Feng.The Westerners she encountered were drawn to this demure doctor who spoke fluent American English and her stories of being raised in rural China by Connecticut missionaries and going to high school in New York. One New England physician offered to help her get to America. In 1980, Jean's dream came true and she and her teenage son were among the earliest post-Mao émigrés from China to the United States. But her struggle didn't end there. In spite of all she had endured, America did not embrace her. And Jean had to work for eighteen more years to overcome bureaucratic impenetrability and outright racism before becoming an American citizen. Yet through it all, Jean Tren-Hwa Perkins never abandoned her ideal of America as the shining city on the hill.".…