Spring Moon, Bette Bao Lord, 1981, China (United States), NOVEL
"...Spanning five generations of a Chinese family, the book illuminates the social and political upheavals of late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century China through its focus on Spring Moon, the cherished, if headstrong, daughter of the wealthy and powerful house of Chang...As the generations pass, as large and illustrious households disappear, as a mother's secret and personal transgressions are replaced by her daughter's open rebellion and revolutionary fervor, we witness the immense changes in China on both an intimate and a grand scale."
"...Spanning five generations of a Chinese family, the book illuminates the social and political upheavals of late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century China through its focus on Spring Moon, the cherished, if headstrong, daughter of the wealthy and powerful house of Chang...As the generations pass, as large and illustrious households disappear, as a mother's secret and personal transgressions are replaced by her daughter's open rebellion and revolutionary fervor, we witness the immense changes in China on both an intimate and a grand scale."
(E.B., p. 155)