Young Adults Western Home » Chinese Books » Literature » Young Adults Western

Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. One comes to appreciate the generous affection of her nurse/companion Lin Nai-Nai, the isolating distance in her mother's grief over losing a second child, the dynamics of a suffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen....A remarkable blend of truth and storytelling.

20世纪初的中国社会动荡、风雨飘摇，生于斯的琼当时随父母住在汉口。这座码头城市有琼爱的长江，奢靡的各国租界，还有凄苦的底层百姓，凡此种种都为这个美国女孩的童年涂上厚重又独特的中国底色。对琼来说，那大概是一段苦涩与喜悦参半的时光：在国际学校对抗恶作剧，回家跟保姆林奶奶学刺绣，独闯长江码头被叫“洋鬼子”，和家人在迷人的庐山牯岭避暑……虽然知道自己终将回美国，但琼隐隐觉得与脚下这片陌生又熟悉的土地正逐渐产生某种羁绊。果然，当战乱骤起，奔赴美国的轮船终于起航，琼内心萌生异样的感觉：仿佛只是陆地在慢慢远去，而她根本没有真正离开中国。