{"product_id":"9781467867917","title":"Donkey Baby: From Beijing to Berkeley and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarried by a donkey during the People’s Liberation Army’s triumphant march to Beijing in 1948-49, a newborn at the birth of New China. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpent her formative years in an idyllic showcase\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eboarding kindergarten, sometimes sitting on the lap of frequent visitor Ho Chi Minh. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaughter of a cabinet minister and member of the communist elite, she saw up-close the power struggles as the turbulent years unfolded: purges, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and reform attempts.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Marched with Che Guevara through Tiananmen Square while in middle school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaced a crowd of thousands calling her names during the Cultural Revolution. She was forced to watch her mother being tortured by Red Guards\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreated ailing villagers as a barefoot doctor in a commune.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSwam across the Yangtze with a rifle on her back when she was a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefied the commissars by folk-dancing in England when she was a government exchange student and under tight control.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrekked the roof of the world in Tibet and Nepal as a tour guide, and savored a high-altitude romance with her mountaineering French lover.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreted for Chinese delegations in UN and private meetings with\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Ferdinand Marcos, and Pope John Paul II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntered UC Berkeley and earned a master’s and a Ph.D. in comparative legal studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaw her dreams for China dashed as students in Tiananmen Square fell under gunfire in June 1989. She refused to back down when the Chinese consulate confiscated her passport for her pro-democracy activities, and stood up to a false accusation that she was a double agent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurvived a vicious frame-up and million-dollar lawsuit. She seized opportunity from adversity and founded Human Harmony ADR, the Bay Area’s first Chinese-English bilingual mediation service. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndured abortion, miscarriage, and acquaintance rape.  She raised two good sons as a single mother. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer memoir\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eintertwines intimate personal experience with major events in modern China. Unflagging in her idealism, she never stopped searching for something new to believe in after Mao. Politically active, spiritually grounded, and enjoying soul-satisfying relationships, Sonia Song now lives in Marin County, California and continues to pursue her dream of being a bridge between East and West, China and America.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eShe offers this memoir to her hometown at the time of the Olympics in Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e     \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonkey Baby is her story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177771778288,"sku":"9781467867917","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781467867917_p0.jpg?v=1763694707","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781467867917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}