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To: Rambi who wrote (235327)	1/20/2008 8:48:09 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793895

I haven't read much about Mao's wife yet..........just half way through. But I find myself dropping everything to read this book. And yes, it is a lesson in how naive and innocent people were. The book hasn't gone into great detail about conditions before the struggle, but you get the sense that the Chinese people were frustrated and fed up with feudalism, and classism and were only hoping for a better and more equitable life. Like all humans, I think they yearned for a chance to raise their families in relative freedom without discrimination. Most pegged that future on the promises of Mao and his "Cultural Revolution" aka Communism. And for so long he got away with keeping them ignorant like little children. And thanks for the recommendation. I happen to know a person named David Grossman, so that makes it easy. ;) I will research the book on line when I get a chance.