{"product_id":"father-son-violin-mercedes-labenz-9784990989910","title":"Father, Son \u0026 Violin: A Personal Life Story Tells the Vivid History of Mao's China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does the year 1960 mean to the Chinese people?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Three-Years of Natural Disaster\", in which it is said more than 30 million Chinese lost their lives.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA surviving boy aged six, is taken from his extended, countryside family with whom he has been living for four years, by a \"total stranger\" to Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis was the first time DanJiu ever met his father, for that matter, it was the first time he had ever heard the word \u003ci\u003e\"father\"\u003c\/i\u003e. This first meeting marks the beginning of a decade's long bid for his father's love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond son of a not so high ranking, not so low ranking Communist Party Member, he was born in response to the Party's call to, \u003ci\u003e\"have as many children as possible for the use of war\"\u003c\/i\u003e. The seriousness with which the world around him presents itself demands he fit in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDanJiu learns quite early that he is a square peg. The desperate bid for his father's love seems unattainable as he overhears Father say, \u003ci\u003e\"I dislike that child by nature.\"\u003c\/i\u003e heartbreaking words that will haunt his life as he questions, \u003cb\u003e\"Why 'by nature'?\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe blissful discovery of violin at age twelve leads to a lifelong passion, love, obsession, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e a major problem. It's 1966 and the Cultural Revolution is in full swing meaning that anything WESTERN is evil, including his beloved violin. How will he persist in his pursuit?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime marches on and DanJiu becomes Daniel. In the early 80's he follows his passion for violin to the west where he lives for his dream in a violinist's world with a beautiful Norwegian wife, about to take the next step to the USA. Everything sold, money in hand, packed and ready to go, Daniel receives a desperate letter from China pleading for his help.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis long estranged father lay dying in a hospital unable to pay for his medical care. Daniel is the family's only hope. \u003cb\u003eWhat will he do?\u003c\/b\u003e Having come so far in pursuit of his passion, will he give it all up for his father who dislikes him \u003ci\u003eby nature\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat would you do?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom award winning Mandarin language author \u003ci\u003eDaniel Olsen Chen\u003c\/i\u003e, comes his first (but not last) English language book, \u003ci\u003e\"Father, Son \u0026amp; Violin\"\u003c\/i\u003e a Memoir of his life growing up in Mao's China, it is a poignant, amusing and shocking journey about courage, passion, growth of spirit and character, but above all the quest of a son for the love of his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercedes Labenz, Daniel Olsen Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 4990989910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9784990989910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.78d","brand":"Mercedes Labenz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079488696575,"sku":"9784990989910","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c22aa9b-701d-4233-a36a-66b67c2c9cc9.jpg?v=1685481431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/father-son-violin-mercedes-labenz-9784990989910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}