{"product_id":"9781925336047","title":"Educated Youth","description":"Author: Ye Xin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925336047\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuringthe Cultural Revolution over 14 million Chinese high school graduates were sentfrom the cities to live and work in the countryside. They were known as \u003ci\u003ezhiqing \u003c\/i\u003e 'educated youth'. They fell inlove, married, had children. In the late 1970s the policy changed and they wereallowed to return, but not their families. Many jumped at the opportunity,leaving spouses and children behind. Ten years later the children, nowteenagers, began to turn up in the cities, looking for their parents. \u003ci\u003eEducated Youth \u003c\/i\u003efollows five such children,who have travelled across China from a province in the south west to Shanghaiin the east, only to discover that their mothers and fathers have remarried, andhave new families, in which there is no room for them. Their reappearance bringsout the worst in the parents  their duplicity, greed and self-interest  andthe best too, as they struggle to come to terms with their sense of love andduty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867079200926,"sku":"ADS-9781925336047","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925336047.jpg?v=1779429467","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925336047","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}