{"product_id":"the-untold-story-of-many-xiaomei-sun-9781665768412","title":"The Untold Story of Many a Heiwulei Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Untold Story of Many a Heiwulei Child\u003cbr\u003eis intended to offer the first ever glimpse\u003cbr\u003einto heiwulei children of China and\u003cbr\u003eshed rare light on an education system\u003cbr\u003einstrumental in implementing policies\u003cbr\u003eagainst such children. The first-person\u003cbr\u003enarrative of a girl who grew up a heiwulei\u003cbr\u003ebrings back a time in Chinese history\u003cbr\u003ewhen so-called five black categories of\u003cbr\u003eclass enemies were being rounded up\u003cbr\u003eto be executed or prisoned or laborcamped.\u003cbr\u003eJust a second grader, the girl\u003cbr\u003estruggled with having a father who was\u003cbr\u003ea class enemy in prison. Then the Great\u003cbr\u003eCultural Revolution started, labeling as\u003cbr\u003eheiwulei any child with a heiwulei parent.\u003cbr\u003eSetting old family photos on fire in the\u003cbr\u003emiddle of a night didn't help. Still her\u003cbr\u003emother was hauled away, leaving the\u003cbr\u003eten-year-old home alone to fend for\u003cbr\u003eherself. In the spirit of a fabled snake\u003cbr\u003eher maternal grandma had told her, \u003cbr\u003ethe girl tried to be strong like a boy by\u003cbr\u003eworking on her wushu moves and even\u003cbr\u003ejoined a small group to reach Beijing\u003cbr\u003eon foot. Surveilled throughout her years\u003cbr\u003ein secondary schools, she found herself\u003cbr\u003eoften having to denounce her thenalready-\u003cbr\u003edead father or being denounced\u003cbr\u003efor having such a father. Even though\u003cbr\u003eshe knew she didn't have any future, she\u003cbr\u003ekept going simply because she was raised\u003cbr\u003enot just by a mother who was a master\u003cbr\u003ein the ancient art of calligraphy but also\u003cbr\u003eby stories she heard, legendary or real, \u003cbr\u003ewhich always ran like an undercurrent of\u003cbr\u003estrength for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xiaomei Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 166576841X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665768412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Xiaomei Sun","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46906888716543,"sku":"9781665768412","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46e341bd-4ca4-4c0b-9ce4-f5f39ace184d.jpg?v=1748771674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-untold-story-of-many-xiaomei-sun-9781665768412","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}