{"product_id":"books-dragonfly-eyes-by-cao-wenxuan","title":"Dragonfly Eyes","description":"A family saga spanning fifty years and three generations, which takes the reader from the France of the Golden Age to poverty-stricken post-war Shanghai via the re-imagined rural China of the Cultural Revolution. Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild, or maybe because the pair look so alike – and because neither look much like the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone is suspicious of Nainai’s European heritage. Ah-Mei and her family suffer much in this time of political upheaval, and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. But Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, and they have one another – and the tenderness they share brings them great strength.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508708106513,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781406378252.jpg?v=1778151981","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-dragonfly-eyes-by-cao-wenxuan","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}