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Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
Author: Ying Chang Compestine
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ISBN-13: 9780312581497
ISBN-10: 0312581491
Publication Date: 9/29/2009
Pages: 272
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Square Fish
Book Type: Paperback
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tapcat16 avatar reviewed Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party on + 150 more book reviews
Compestine wrote a fictionalized account of her real experiences growing up in revolutionary, communist China with two doctor parents. I think she would have fared much better to write a memoir, as the narration style suffers from an odd third person past tense. It is distracting from the more powerful father/daughter story at its core. However, it is still an interesting look into political revolution from a child's eyes.

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rolfeswife avatar reviewed Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party on + 83 more book reviews
this book, altho 'fiction" is from her life..I have never read a better book!!! I couldn't hardly put it down, and read it entirely in one day and evening...
It was wonderfully, sadly, so captivating!!! sh eve says it was her life at the end of the book..you will love this true story of the ten years of MADNESS under "Chariman" mao