{"product_id":"under-the-hawthorn-tree-paperback","title":"Under the Hawthorn Tree - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAi Mi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in China with more than 1 million copies sold. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYichang municipality, Hubei province, China, early 1970s. High-school student Jingqiu is one of many educated urban youth sent to the countryside to be re-educated under a dictate from Chairman Mao. Jing's father is a political prisoner somewhere in China, and her mother, a former teacher branded as a capitalist, is now reduced to menial work to support Jing and her two younger siblings. When Jing arrives with a group at Xiping village in the Yangtze River's Three Gorges region, she meets geology student Jianxin, nicknamed Old Three, who is the son of a high-ranking military officer, but whose mother committed suicide after being branded a rightist. Despite their disparate social backgrounds and a political atmosphere that forbids the relationship, Jingqiu and Jianxin fall desperately in love. But their budding romance is cut short by fate . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAi Mi: Ai Mi is a pseudonym. She lives in the United States, and grew up in China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725772722239,"sku":"9781770893504","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8ae0711235615bf3611a12df80a15ddd.webp?v=1765107893","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/under-the-hawthorn-tree-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}