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nuhafariha 's review for:
Unbound: A Tale of Love and Betrayal in Shanghai
by Dina Gu Brumfield
Thank you to Greenleaf Book Press and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Available August 4th 2020
Set between the Cultural Revolution and the Shanghai War, Dina Gu Brumfield's "Unbound" is a breathtaking work spanning three generations of Chinese women's lives. From strong willed Mini to her daughter, duty bound Mei to her daughter, skeptical Ting, Brumfield explores what it means to survive as a woman in China. "Unbound" is unflinching and unbiased examination of sex and relationships, how one doesn't dictate the other and how both can be used to leverage freedom and privilege, as though the woman themselves have shaken loose from history's shackles. As time moves forward, I hope we see more and more of these narratives, of the comfort women, of the many underhanded interactions that happen in the shadows to keep empires afloat.
Available August 4th 2020
Set between the Cultural Revolution and the Shanghai War, Dina Gu Brumfield's "Unbound" is a breathtaking work spanning three generations of Chinese women's lives. From strong willed Mini to her daughter, duty bound Mei to her daughter, skeptical Ting, Brumfield explores what it means to survive as a woman in China. "Unbound" is unflinching and unbiased examination of sex and relationships, how one doesn't dictate the other and how both can be used to leverage freedom and privilege, as though the woman themselves have shaken loose from history's shackles. As time moves forward, I hope we see more and more of these narratives, of the comfort women, of the many underhanded interactions that happen in the shadows to keep empires afloat.