In this personal narrative of China’s Cultural Revolution (1960s to 1970s), Moying Li describes familial and social events during her coming of age years. She provides a family history before going on to chronicle turmoil during this time, changes of behavior of those around her, and responses that helped her and others to survive and grow.
Moying Li was twelve at the start of the Cultural Revolution. She attended a prestigious international language school. Everything changed, however, when student Red Guards denounced her teachers, administrators and other students. Public humiliations and arrests became the norm.
