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Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li

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Li Cunxin

Li Cunxin was born into an extremely poor peasant family in Qingdoa, a remote commune village in Northern China in 1961.

The sixth son in a family of seven sons, he lived in a small house with twenty of his relatives. The ... (more)

If you enjoyed:
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl

Try:
Mao's Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin
Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert was born in 1969 in Connecticut. She grew up on a small family tree farm, with her sister, novelist and historian Catharine Gilbert Murdock (author of Dairy Queen, the first in a series for teens).... (more)

If you enjoyed:
The Book of Goose

Try:
City of Girls
by Elizabeth Gilbert

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