Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural

Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution

I was born in a small city near the East Sea,
when the Great Cultural Revolution began.
My name is Little Green,
my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom.

When I was ten years old,
our leader had died and the revolution ended.

And this is how I remember it.

When Chun Yu was born in a small city in China, she was born into a country in revolution. The streets were filled with roaming Red Guards, the walls were covered with slogans, and reeducation meetings were held in all workplaces. Every family faced danger and humiliation, even the youngest children.

Shortly after Chunâ€™s birth, her beloved father was sent to a peasant village in the countryside to be reeducated in the ways of Chairman Mao. Chun and her brother stayed behind with their mother, who taught in a country middle school where Maoâ€™s Little Red Book was a part of every childâ€™s education. Chun Yuâ€™s young life was witness to a country in turmoil, struggle, and revolutionâ€”the only life she knew.

This first-person memoir of a childâ€™s view of the Chinese Cultural Revolution is a stunning account of a country in crisis and a testimony to the spirit of the individualâ€”no matter how young or how innocent.
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-04-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-04-30
Format	Kindle eBook

Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution