Zhiling Abbott, who works as a court translator while bringing up her
children in a suburb near me, has been showing me her memoirs as she writes
them, and has now posted them on Authonomy.com - a website unknown to me
till now.
http://www.authonomy.com/books/33426/the-broken-shoe/
The Broken Shoe
Zhiling Gao
A memoir of a village girl from Inner Mongolia. Chickens, lambs, pigs and
Revolution...
I grew up in a commune which was then a small village in Inner Mongolia,
China. We shared scant resources, even tooth brushes even wives were
shared. They were scarce because of the long tradition of killing girls.
In 1966 I was sent to a city school to get a good education to go to
university later. Suddenly we found ourselves stamping our feet and beating
up 'intellectuals' in the Cultural Revolution.
I have uploaded five chapters not quite in chronological order.
The fifth chapter reveals who the broken shoe is. Comments (both positive
and negative) are welcome!
Zhiling Abbott is also on facebook, if anyone would like to send her an
encouraging word. I have hopes she will get a book together - and out - that
many will enjoy.
Max
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