Xie Bingying (1906–2000)

This is a book about a young girl that came of age when the armies started taking women and things began to change for women in China. Girl rejects traditional marriage (not a bad thing) and ends up living with some loser, having a child, leaving her child and never really seeming to find happiness. Guess I'm pretty old fashion because I still dont understand why rejecting the old ways of arranged marriages has to go hand in hand with living with men and having their children - instead of marring someone of their choice. Check it out from the library if you are interested - not worth buying in my opinion.… (mehr)