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SUMMARY:Manchester Literature Festival: Hong Ying - The Good Children
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DESCRIPTION:A decade on from her internationally acclaimed memoir Daughte
 r of the River\, bestselling Chinese author Hong Ying returns to work th
 e fertile ground of her own past with The Good Children. By turns heart-
 wrenching and brave\, the book explores her troubled relationship with h
 er estranged mother. From her mother’s funeral\, the author goes back an
 d forth between past and present\, through memories and anecdotes to unr
 avel the forty years following her departure from Chongqing to Beijing a
 nd then England. Hong Ying was born into a sailor's family and is best k
 nown in the English-speaking world for her novels: K: The Art of Love (w
 hich won the Primo de Rome in 2005)\, The Concubine of Shanghai\, Peacoc
 k Cries and Summer of Betrayal. This event will be supported by the Conf
 ucius Institute and hosted by Katie Popperwell.
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