The Back of the Book


'In Katerine we found our lost youth, liberty and heroism. It was in that voice our class began a love affair with her and a love affair with America.'

They were students in Shanghai, brought up to love Mao and to despise emotion; their only passion was communism. Then a new teacher arrived to teach them English vocabulary. Her name was Katherine.

With her scarlet lipstick and radical attigudes Katherine instructs her pupils in more than just a new language; she teaches them a very different world - a world of freedom, frankness and personal discovery. With her unorthodox views, pop records and sexy clothes, the woman from Michigan subtly seduces the minds of the class one by one.

But the authorities are becoming increasingly irritated by her outrageous behaviour. As a foreign guest she was allowed a certain amount of licence, but as Independence Day celebrations get underway it seems she really is about to go too far. The revolution must be stopped. The snake-eyed, foreign devil must pay the price for corrupting China's youth ...

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Offered as BookRing.

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scotsbookie - UK - Intl
yesterdaysgirl - UK - Intl
Milliejinx - UK - Intl
etripney - UK - Intl
laura0141 - UK - ENDS

PMed scotsbookie for addy

On way to scotsbookie

Arrived safely this morning, thank you laura0141. #3 on TBR.

An enjoyable read about the cultural, social & even sexual differences between Katherine & her Chinese pupils whose lives all seem to have been blighted in some way by Mao's Cultural Revolution.

Just going to PM yesterdaysgirl.

Popped in the post to yesterdaysgirl this morning.

Arrived this morning. Many thanks Audrey! I'm really looking forward to this :).

I have 8 rings in front of this, but will try to read ASAP. Sorry in advance for the delay.

I am now ready to pass this on, and many thanks to Laura for sharing.

I shall go and Milliejinx now.

Receivd this morning thank you, have On The Road to finish first and then will start on this one.

I enjoyed this book up until the end! I was left with many questions and this always annoys me. An interesting insight into China in the 80s and how the cultural revolution impacted on people.

Will PM net in list.

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On its way to etripney in tonights post

Sorry, did not realise I had not journalled when i received this book.

Reasonably enjoyable book, but have read others by Anchee Min that were more interesting to me. However I previously had no knowledge of this point in Chinese history and have now gained some valuable insight.

Will pm laura0141 and post this week

Received with thanks to all who made this a successful Ring.

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Released to charity shop/FreeCycle.