The Middle Heart .It is the summer of 1932, the year the Japanese conquered Manchuria, China's northeast region. At the end of the summer a tragic event -- a good deed gone awry -- splits them apart until they are gro
| Title | : | The Middle Heart |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (986 Votes) |
| ISBN | : | 394534328 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1996-2-6 |
| Genre | : | Historical-fiction, Fiction, China |
It is the summer of 1932, the year the Japanese conquered Manchuria, China's northeast region. Three children meet and become best friends for the summer, and blood brothers for a lifetime. They are: Steel Hope, the second son of the House of Li, a once-great clan which survives now on handouts from his grandfather, a merchant who trafficks whith the Japanese; Steel Hope's "bookmate," Mountain Pine, Steel Hope's servant and conscience; and the irrepressible Firecrackers, daughter of the Li's gravekeeper, who masquerades as a boy to take the place of a brother killed years earlier by the Japanese. At the end of the summer a tragic event -- a good deed gone awry -- splits them apart until they are grown.
During the subsequent years of war and cultural upheaval, the destinies of the three friends are realized -- their loyalty to each other tested by the demands of politics and patriotism, and by the question of where honor and obligation lie when confronted by love.
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