New! From AAG Author Madelyn Rohrer
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"Shoes in the River" is a story inspired by an ages-old Chinese custom of throwing one's shoes in the river after a heavy emotional burden has been lifted - a burden from the past, or perhaps one being carried at the present time - an obstacle to enjoyment of life and looking forward to the future. The ceremonial discarding of the shoes worn while carrying the burden was followed by stepping into new shoes and the anticipation of walking into a happier life.
Step into the lives of Cheng and Su-Li Ming, a fictional but historically viable couple in rural China. Share their young plans, shattered dreams, and the cold realities of adjusting to changing governments and policies...things over which they had no control. China's one-child-per-family edict of 1980, a desperate measure intended to stem and ultimately reverse its problem of overpopulation, had a devastating effect on China and its families. “Shoes in the River” brings you into the unsettling emotions of that tumultuous thirty-two-year period in China's history.
"Shoes in the River" is a story inspired by an ages-old Chinese custom of throwing one's shoes in the river after a heavy emotional burden has been lifted - a burden from the past, or perhaps one being carried at the present time - an obstacle to enjoyment of life and looking forward to the future. The ceremonial discarding of the shoes worn while carrying the burden was followed by stepping into new shoes and the anticipation of walking into a happier life.
Step into the lives of Cheng and Su-Li Ming, a fictional but historically viable couple in rural China. Share their young plans, shattered dreams, and the cold realities of adjusting to changing governments and policies...things over which they had no control. China's one-child-per-family edict of 1980, a desperate measure intended to stem and ultimately reverse its problem of overpopulation, had a devastating effect on China and its families. “Shoes in the River” brings you into the unsettling emotions of that tumultuous thirty-two-year period in China's history.
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