One Bright Moon

I’m not normally a fan of biographies, but I couldn’t put this book down. One Bright Moon

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Kwong’s moving memoir about resilience and courage while growing up in China during Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward – an era of persecution and famine. At a young age, Kwong witnessed terrible acts of brutality, and although anxious and suffering from constant hunger pains, he and his eight-year-old school friends were devoted to the Party, shouting the latest slogans against the country’s ‘enemies’ with fervour until their throats were hoarse, and breaking rocks and collecting metal to help the country move forward. Kwong’s journey is distressing yet delightful, powerful and profound. An insightful look at life in communist China during the 1960s and 70s.