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The Book: Messages From an Unknown Chinese Mother by Xinran
“The children were just left to cry all day. She mostly fed them on rice gruel, and kept them clean by sluicing the urine and excrement off the mat with cold water. By night she slept squeezed onto the mat with the babies, at the mercy of the mosquitoes just as they were.” Page 244
(Note: This is from an e-book so the page may not be exact. It is also an Advanced Readers edition).
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How sad!
Emotional indeed, but I bet a great book!
Oh yuck! Please tell us more about this book when you read more…
Carol, it is sad and that’s not the worst of it.
Fredamans, it is good. The subject is very emotional, all the more because it’s true.
Pages, I will be writing a review soon.
What a life!