The Resource Our story : a memoir of love and life in China, Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman
Our story : a memoir of love and life in China, Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman
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The item Our story : a memoir of love and life in China, Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Our story : a memoir of love and life in China, Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut).
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- Summary
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- "Our Story ... follows [Rao and Meitang Pingru] through the decades, in both poverty and good fortune--looking for work, opening a restaurant, moving cities, mending shoes, raising their children, and being separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. As the pair ages, China undergoes extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change''--Amazon.com
- Pingru's memoir is a celebration of a marriage that spanned the twentieth century in China. He had known Mao Meitang in childhood; their union lasted almost sixty years. Through the decades they faced both poverty and good fortune, and were separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. During their marriage, China underwent extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change. -- adapted from amazon.com info
- Language
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- eng
- chi
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 363 pages
- Contents
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- Our childhood years
- I go to war
- A dab of red lipstick
- Journeying side by side
- Crossroads
- You ask me when I will return
- Now you are gone
- The passing of the seasons
- Isbn
- 9781101871492
- Label
- Our story : a memoir of love and life in China
- Title
- Our story
- Title remainder
- a memoir of love and life in China
- Statement of responsibility
- Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman
- Subject
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- China -- Biography
- China -- Biography | Pictorial works
- China -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- China -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works
- Married people -- China -- Biography
- Married people -- China -- Biography | Pictorial works
- Autobiographies
- Pingru, Rao
- Pingru, Meitang
- Biographies
- Language
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- eng
- chi
- eng
- Summary
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- "Our Story ... follows [Rao and Meitang Pingru] through the decades, in both poverty and good fortune--looking for work, opening a restaurant, moving cities, mending shoes, raising their children, and being separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. As the pair ages, China undergoes extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change''--Amazon.com
- Pingru's memoir is a celebration of a marriage that spanned the twentieth century in China. He had known Mao Meitang in childhood; their union lasted almost sixty years. Through the decades they faced both poverty and good fortune, and were separated for seventeen years by the government when Pingru is sent to a labor camp. During their marriage, China underwent extraordinary growth, political turmoil, and cultural change. -- adapted from amazon.com info
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pingru, Rao
- Dewey number
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- 951.05092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Chinese
- LC call number
- CT1828.P56
- LC item number
- A313 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Harman, Nicky
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pingru, Rao
- Pingru, Meitang
- Married people
- China
- China
- China
- Married people
- China
- China
- China
- Label
- Our story : a memoir of love and life in China, Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Our childhood years -- I go to war -- A dab of red lipstick -- Journeying side by side -- Crossroads -- You ask me when I will return -- Now you are gone -- The passing of the seasons
- Control code
- ocn986816638
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 363 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101871492
- Lccn
- 2017024862
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986816638
- Label
- Our story : a memoir of love and life in China, Rao Pingru ; translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Our childhood years -- I go to war -- A dab of red lipstick -- Journeying side by side -- Crossroads -- You ask me when I will return -- Now you are gone -- The passing of the seasons
- Control code
- ocn986816638
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 363 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101871492
- Lccn
- 2017024862
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986816638
Subject
- China -- Biography
- China -- Biography | Pictorial works
- China -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- China -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- China -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works
- Married people -- China -- Biography
- Married people -- China -- Biography | Pictorial works
- Autobiographies
- Pingru, Rao
- Pingru, Meitang
- Biographies
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