num_pages: 384
description: In 1951, Ningkun Wu returned to China from the University of Chicago to teach English at the behest of the new Communist government. Two years later, he wa s arrested as an ultra-rightest. This illuminating narrative tells Wu's story over the next 30 years--the harrowing tale of a "class enemy" and a remarkable testament to a family's love and perseverance.
language: English
title: A Single Tear: A Family's Persecution, Love, and Endurance in Communist China
titlecomplete: A Single Tear: A Family's Persecution, Love, and Endurance in Communist China
genres: Biography, China, History, Autobiography, Politics, Asia, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Literature, Memoir
ratings_count: 272
publisher: Back Bay Books