This is an auction for DESERT ROSE by Mary Weijun Collins.

Amazon.com review:

“This poignant book about a young woman's experiences during China's Cultural Revolution is in the same genre as international bestsellers like Wild Swans and Falling Leaves. Weijun Collins was born in China into a prominent and well-educated family. When she was ten years old her father, once a high-ranking official, was condemned as an enemy of the Communist Party and banished to a labour camp. Weijun struggled to continue her education but her father's 'crime' eventually rebounded on her and she was sent to the Gobi desert for ten years. Forced to live in appalling conditions in a cave, with little food, she laboured in sub-zero temperatures - a virtual slave. Weijun nevertheless managed to teach herself English and eventually escaped from the desert to become a teacher. Weijun was eventually assisted to New Zealand and has begun a new, much happier life. This book gives the reader real insight into the daily lives of ordinary people during this terrible period in China's history.”

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Large format (trade) paperback 2004.

288 pages.

Photographs throughout.

Good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95, or $6.95 by tracked mail. If you are on rural delivery and want tracked mail, the shipping cost will be $9.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.