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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Ge, Tong.     Subjects     Mother and child -- Fiction.     Mothers -- Fiction.     Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Fiction.     China -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ge, Tong.       by title:      The house filler / T...       by call number:      FICTION TON     Search the Web     Ge, Tong.     Mother and child -- Fiction.     Mothers -- Fiction.     Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Fiction.     China -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The house filler / Tong Ge. by Ge, Tong. Ronsdale Press, 2023. Call #: FICTION TON Subjects Mother and child -- Fiction.   Mothers -- Fiction.   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Fiction.   China -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781553806981 (trade pbk.) Description:  246 p. : map, 21 cm. Summary:  "A family saga set in China during the most tumultuous time of the twentieth century including the Japanese invasion, the civil war, and the Communist takeover. The House Filler is told through the experiences of Golden Phoenix, a woman who faces war, poverty, and political oppression as she fights for survival, freedom and happiness. After the untimely death of her husband, Golden Phoenix is determined to keep her family together. However, poverty forces her to make the heart-wrenching decision to give her teenage twins to the Red Army. During the upheaval of the Japanese invasion of her hometown, she is separated from her two young girls, and her remaining son leaves to fight with the Nationalist army. Golden Phoenix, along with her adopted son, remains to endure the horror and hardship of war. When the civil war ends with the Communists in power in 1949, one of her twins, who had joined the Communist Party, is wrongly accused of being a traitor and is sentenced to death. Golden Phoenix and her family must find a way to save her son's life. The House Filler is a moving and powerful portrayal of one family's struggle to survive in the face of an historical upheaval and political oppression"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Historical fiction. Canadian fiction Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION TON Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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