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Book Review of Becoming Madame Mao

Becoming Madame Mao
Becoming Madame Mao
Author: Anchee Min
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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An interesting entry in the fiction emerging from China's long sleep, as expat nationals and dissidents begin to chronicle the events that the Western world has not seen. A worthy read, and certainly a believable look into the psychology of Madame Mao, this book spans the decades from the late 1920's through the '70's, and paints a picture of a woman lost who claws her way into the attention she so desperately craves. No way to know if it is a truthful account of her but no reason to believe it is not.