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Once Our Lives: Life, Death and Love in the Middle Kingdom (GWE Creative Non-Fiction)
by Qin Sun Stubis (Author)★★★★★
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Customers find this memoir compelling and emotionally resonant, with one describing it as a creative non-fiction masterpiece. The writing is eloquent with delicate descriptions and opulent imagery, while the book captures the resilience of several generations persevering despite hardships. Customers appreciate the book's depth, with one noting how it guides readers through each era gracefully, and they find it worth reading.
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MS. MAGAZINE's choice for "Reads for the Rest of Us"GLAMOUR UK Best New Books for June2023 Gold Winner - Nonfiction Book Awards2023 First Place Winner - Chanticleer International Book Awards' (CIBAs)Nellie Bly Awards for Journalistic Nonfiction2023 Readers' Favorite Book Awards2023 PenCraft Book Awards #1 winner for literary excellence in culture/history2023 Best Book Awards winner in cross-genre nonfiction Once Our Lives is the amazing true story of four generations of Chinese women who bravely struggle to survive war, revolution and a mysterious ancient superstition that dramatically alters their destinies. The book takes the reader on an exotic journey filled with luxurious banquets, lost jewels, babies sold in opium dens, kidnappings by pirates, and a desperate flight from death in the desert - seen through the eyes of a man for whom the truth would spell disaster and a lonely, beautiful girl with three identities. Read more