by Liu Hong (Author)
When six-year-old Taotao is sent by her mother to live with her grandparents, her whole world seems to have fallen apart. Only in later years does she learn of her mother's secret pain - her own father's fall from grace in the Cultural Revolution - and come to understand the sacrifice she has made for her daughter. STARTLING MOON looks back to a past of rich but suppressed tradition, and forward to a very different China. Above all, it is the story of Taotao's quest to know her own heart, and of the blossoming of a passion which will lead her to risk all that she holds dear.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 04 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 0747265097
ISBN 13: 9780747265092