A tale of two mothers, one daughter and a fatherland on the brink of catastrophe… A powerful, shocking and heart-rending story of power, oppression and the unbreakable bonds of family, this is the dazzling new novel from Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Shanghai Girls. • A gripping portrait of Mao’s China during the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine through the story of a mother`s search for her daughter • A stand-alone novel that also carries on where Shanghai Girls left off, for Lisa See`s many fans as well as fans of Amy Tan, Anchee Min and Jung Chang. • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan was an international bestseller and sold 1.2 million copies worldwide. Shanghai Girls was also a New York Times bestseller