Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

Author:   Nancy Wu ,  Helen Zia
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
Edition:   Library Edition
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9781665208437


Publication Date:   23 April 2019
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution


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The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revolution. Shanghai has historically been China's jewel, its richest, most modern, and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao's proletarian revolution emerged victorious from the long civil war. Terrified of the horrors the Communists would wreak upon their lives, citizens of Shanghai who could afford to fled in every direction. Benny, who as a teenager became the unwilling heir to his father's dark wartime legacy, must decide either to escape to Hong Kong or navigate the intricacies of a newly Communist China. The resolute Annuo, forced to flee her home with her father, a defeated Nationalist official, becomes an unwelcome exile in Taiwan. The financially strapped Ho fights deportation from the U.S. in order to continue his studies while his family struggles at home. And Bing, given away by her poor parents, faces the prospect of a new life among strangers in America. The lives of these men and women are marvelously portrayed, revealing the dignity and triumph of personal survival.

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Author:   Nancy Wu ,  Helen Zia
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
Imprint:   Tantor Audio
Edition:   Library Edition
ISBN:  

9781665208437


ISBN 10:   1665208430
Publication Date:   23 April 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The dramatic story of four young people who were among the thousands fleeing China after 1949's Communist revolution. Eye-opening.-- People Blending the personal with pivotal world history, Zia succeeds in creating a universal, timeless story...Distilled with insight and meticulous documentation, Zia's book gives voice to a history almost lost. -- Christian Science Monitor Narrator Nancy Wu's soft, unaccented delivery is perfect for this meticulously researched audiobook about the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution...Wu narrates steadily and patiently...[and] the dialogue, filled with interesting idioms, is delivered in a singsong lilt...The lives of the four characters overlap, amplifying listeners' understanding of this complex period of Chinese history. -- AudioFile


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Nancy Wu has narrated audiobooks since 2004, winning three AudioFile Earphones Awards. A New York theater, television, and film actor, she has recorded in studios all over the world--from Italy to Switzerland to Thailand. Her credits include Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hope & Faith, All My Children, Made for Each Other, and the Oscar-nominated film Frozen River. Helen Zia is the author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, a finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize (Bill Clinton referred to the book in two separate Rose Garden speeches). Zia is the co-author, with Wen Ho Lee, of My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy. She is also a former executive editor of Ms. magazine. A Fulbright Scholar, Zia first visited China in 1972, just after President Nixon's historic trip. A graduate of Princeton University, she holds an honorary doctor of laws degree from the City University of New York School of Law and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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