Bright Swallow

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Bright Swallow, a young girl labelled as of ‘bad origins’ in Mao’s Cultural Revolution, becomes motherless at fifteen in 1972. Determined to live a full life like her mother had known, she seizes every chance, creates choices where there appear to be none and finally has the world open up to her. The memoir distinguishes itself from other accounts of this period in being a story of hope. It celebrates resilience, the power of literature, music and the imagination; and pays tribute to the people who retained the fundamental decency that can easily disappear in adverse circumstances. Mao’s China is now history, but similar dark regimes and mad ideologies still exist. There is much suffering from discrimination, humiliation and injustice at this moment. This is why this memoir has been written.About the author: Vivian (Xiyan) Bi migrated to Australia in 1990 and became a published writer. She has received three literature grants and a residency award from the Australia Council for the Arts. She has a PhD in literary criticism, University of Sydney, 2001. She is the author of several novels, text books, short stories and translations. Vivian Bi lives in Petersham, NSW.