Daughter Of Han

Within the common destiny is the individual destiny. So it is that through the telling of one Chinese peasant woman''s life, a vivid vision of Chinese history and culture is illuminated. Over the course of two years, Ida Pruitt—a bicultural social worker, writer, and contributor to Sino-American understanding—visited with Ning Lao T''ai-ta''i, three times a week for breakfast. These meetings, orig...