The next Book Club meeting will be on Saturday, March 13th at 6:30 pm. Please check the Yahoo group for location and directions.
This book is available at the public library.
"In 1932, three youngsters from different social strata vow to remain
forever "blood brothers of the Middle Heart." Steel Hope, scion of the noble
but impoverished House of Li; Mountain Pine, his lame "bookmate" (study
companion) and servant; and Firecracker, the daughter of a gravekeeper, are
to endure and share lives of turmoil and pain, loyalty and love." Publishers Weekly
"Their paths diverge as China descends into chaos and war. Firecrackers becomes Summer Wishes, an opera singer who learns to hide her fears and perform with bombs falling close by; Steel Hope is an engineer and bureaucrat who joins the communist underground to fight the Japanese and puts loyalty to the revolution above all else; Mountain Pine becomes a writer and a hermit, but learns he can't run away from his feelings. War, revolution, the vagaries of Communist rule, and family loyalties test the friendship of the three, and their final reunion is bittersweet. Lord brings her knowledge of China and her gift of storytelling to this tale of friendship and love set against the backdrop of modern history." School Library Journal
Hope to see you Saturday!
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