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Ting-Xing Ye (Author)
A powerful and passionate memoir, My Name Is Number 4 is the gripping tale of one girl’s life growing up during China’s Cultural Revolution.
Number Four will have a difficult life. These are the words that were uttered upon Ting-xing Ye’s birth. Soon this prophecy would prove only too true. . . . Here is the real-life story about the fourth child in a family torn apart by China’s Cultural Revolution. After the death of both of her parents, Ting-xing and her siblings endured brutal Red Guard attacks on their schools and even in their home. At the age of sixteen, Ting-xing is exiled to a prison farm far from the world she knows. How she struggled through years of constant terror while keeping her spirit intact is at the heart of My Name Is Number 4. Haunting and inspiring, Ting-xing Ye’s personal account of this horrific period in history is one that no reader will soon forget.
Author Biography
Ting-xing Ye is the author of the international bestseller A Leaf in the Bitter Wind. Once an English interpreter for the Chinese government, she now lives in Canada.
Number of Pages: 240Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 INIllustrated: YesPublication Date: September 02, 2008
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