Dreams of the Red Phoenix
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- Synopsis
- During the dangerous summer of 1937, a newly widowed American missionary finds herself and her teenage son caught up in the midst of a Japanese invasion of North China and the simultaneous rise of Communism. Meanwhile a charismatic Red Army officer requests her help and seems to have shared some surprising secret about her husband. Shirley must manage her grief even as she navigates between her desire to help the idealistic Chinese Reds fight the Japanese by serving as a nurse and the need to save both herself and her son by escaping the war-ravaged country before it's too late.Taking her own grandmother's life as inspiration, Virginia Pye, author of the critically-acclaimed debut novel River of Dust, has written a stunning new novel of Americans in China on the cusp of World War II.uickly as he searches the nearby town for a missing Chinese friend and sees the devastation caused by the outbreak of war. He understands before his mother does that they must leave North China right away. But at her clinic, Shirley feels a rising sense of purpose and is determined to stay and help. Having grown up privileged, but lonely, she admires the communal ideals of the Reds, and experiences camaraderie and a shared sense of conviction for the first time in her life. When she visits a Red Army camp, she meets their leader who she hopes will appreciate her newfound zeal, but instead he calls her foolish for placing herself in danger where she does not belong. He orders her to return to America, but by then, it's too late, and the Japanese capture her.With her life threatened, Shirley is forced to choose between betraying her newfound friends with their high ideals or abandoning her beloved son and the safety of everything she knows.
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781609531249
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781609531232
- Publisher:
- Unbridled Books
- Date of Addition:
- 10/13/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Virginia Pye
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.