Journal Entry 1 by j4neyo from Whitchurch, Shropshire United Kingdom on Thursday, December 01, 2005

Extraordinary book about a radio programme in China during which women were invited to call in and talk about themselves. 

Journal Entry 2 by j4neyo from Whitchurch, Shropshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 05, 2005

Posted to MissyZ today. 

Journal Entry 3 by MissyZ from Clapham, Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Arrived safely this morning, thank you! Really looking forward tor eading this one as 'Sky Burial' by the same author, was magical! 

Journal Entry 4 by MissyZ from Clapham, Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 25, 2006

I added The Good Women of China to my Wishlist after reading 'Sky Burial' by the same author. Sky Burial was one of my favourite reads of last year so I had high hopes for this book.
While I found it interesting, and the stories of some of the women that Xinran interviewed were truly horific, this book just didn't have the same magic as Sky Burial. Perhaps a lot of meaning got lost in translation?
The Good Women of China was a good insight 'behind the scenes' in China where the well-manicured world that Westerners see, is a world apart from the realities of communist China. Being half-Chinese myself, it did offer me the chance to see how some of my family might have lived through the revolution.

 

Journal Entry 5 by MissyZ at controlled release in Passed to another BookCrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Friday, January 27, 2006

Released 6 yrs ago (1/27/2006 UTC) at controlled release in Passed to another BookCrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom

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* Reserved for someone who I hope, hasn't already read it and will enjoy it ! ;-) (Should make a good 'X' author for you at any rate!) 

Journal Entry 6 by UrbanSpaceman from Kingston upon Thames, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Another RABCK from MissyZ! This will be the X on my 2006 A-Z Reading Challenge. Thank you! 

Journal Entry 7 by UrbanSpaceman from Kingston upon Thames, Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, February 24, 2006

A deeply moving set of stories of the awfull treatment of women in China. Having studied Mandarin in past, I was familiar with the sexism embedded in the Chinese language and characters. Previous reading had also brought some of the less appealing aspects of the cultural revolution into focus. Where this book had maximum effect, though, was in the number and range of stories that it told. They were certainly both deeply painful and deeply moving.

That notwithstanding, the book itself came across somewhat contrived in places and I wasn't completely sure that the story was always completely truthful - the extremely serendipitous location of Jingyi in 'The Woman Who Waited Forty-Five Years stretched my credibility a lot. This may be because the story has been written to protect some people or it may be a cultural artifact - I felt the same thing about Geisha of Gion recently. Nevertheless I'm very pleased to have read this, so thanks to j4neyo for registering it and thanks again to MissyZ for RABCKing me with it. 

Journal Entry 8 by UrbanSpaceman at The Pottery , Park Road in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, March 24, 2006

Released 6 yrs ago (3/29/2006 UTC) at The Pottery , Park Road in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London United Kingdom

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This book will be released at the next Kingston BookCrossing Meetup - Tuesday 28 March, 7-11 pm. All are welcome - we'll be sitting in the sofas and will have piles of books and a BookCrossing sign with us. For more information, please PM UrbanSpaceman.
 

Journal Entry 9 by rahar109 from Farnborough, Hampshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Picked up at the meet-up for re-releasing elsewhere. 

Journal Entry 10 by rahar109 at Fellow BookCrosser in Postal release, Postal Release -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, April 02, 2006

Released 6 yrs ago (4/3/2006 UTC) at Fellow BookCrosser in Postal release, Postal Release -- Controlled Releases

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Posted tp Pookledo as a RABCK to celebrate registering my 1000th book! 

Journal Entry 11 by Pookledo from Loughborough, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Arrived this morning. I've been looking for a "X" for my A-Z challenge for a while now so this is just perfect! Thankyou :o)