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Title:Calls Across the Pacific
Author:Zoë S. Roy
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 270 pages
Published:October 21st 2015 by Inanna Publications
Categories:Cultural. China. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction
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Fleeing the Cultural Revolution, a young Nina Huang says goodbye to her family and friends, and steals across the bay to Hong Kong, afterward immigrating to the U.S. and later to Canada. Twice she returns to China to reunite with her mother as well as friends, and to see how Chinese society and politics are evolving. However, as an escaped citizen who has returned with an American passport, Nina puts herself in dangerous situations and finds herself needing to flee from the red terror once again.

“Zoe S. Roy’s novel, Calls Across the Pacific, is a fascinating journey of a young woman, Nina Huang, whose adventure begins during the Cultural Revolution in China, follows her immigration to the United States, and eventually leads her to a new life in Canada. The story entwines the intimacy of a memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, enmeshing us in the challenges of breaking away not only from the violent persecution of communism, but also from the oppressive moral norms of a tradition bound China. This courageous tale of perseverance in the face of adversity is a timeless rendering of the never ending quest for transformation and beauty.”

—Bianca Lakoseljac, author of Summer of the Dancing Bear

“With Calls Across the Pacific, Zoë Roy continues to plumb her firsthand knowledge of everyday life in Maoist China. Her experience of this endlessly fascinating era, combined with a talent for detailed, humorous and sometimes heartbreaking storytelling, makes for a fine novel which delights and informs in equal measure. Roy captures the culture shock that assaults her protagonist Nina Huang, and shows how her birth culture never quite lets go, despite ownership of the iconic American passport.”

—Amanda Hale, author of Sounding the Blood, The Reddening Path, My Sweet Curiosity, and In the Embrace of the Alligator

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Thank you to Zoe S. Roy, the author, and Goodreads for the opportunity to of read the novel, Calls Across The Pacific. It was interesting to learn about the Cultural Revolution in China as this young woman flees China and the hardships the people endured. It opened my eyes to want to learn more about the time period during Maoist China and to be thankful for the freedoms I enjoy. I am looking forward to reading more from this author. Great read!

In actuality, Calls Across The Pacific by Zoe S. Roy deserves four and half stars. This intriguing story of life under Chairman Mao is centered around the young woman Nina Huang has spent the past several years in a military labor camp, working the land and being re-educated by the peasants there. As a one-time member of Mao's Red Guards, she was a support of the Cultural Revolution but when her father was arrested as an enemy of the state and her mother supported her husband and was placed on

A brilliant historical fiction set in the 1970s of a young woman who escaped Maoist China to freedom via Hong Kong to the US and finally comes to rest in Canada. But she doesn't find her final rest until she is able to go back and find out what happened to those she left behind, which she is able to do in the days leading up to the death of Chairman Mao. The story flashes between the present 1970s and the early 1960s when Nina's family was persecuted by the Mao regime and she herself was at

'Calls Across the Pacific,'reads more like a memoir than a novel.Although it is categorized as a work of fiction.Her narrator is a young woman, who is caught up, in the revolution of Chairman Mao.I found her perspective very interesting, because she discusses the journey of refugee.Ms Roy also reminds us of what we take for granted.I found her writing was stronger when she was describing her narrator's relationship with herself , than with her relationships with others.This might be why I

A page-turner! Calls Across The Pacific is a splendid and emotional fiction. It brings the reader back into the turbulent period of the Cultural Revolution in China. The main character Nina's pursuit of freedom and a brighter future was heartfelt. The immigration experience and culture clash she goes through as she starts a new life in North America is very interesting and suspenseful. Once I picked up the book, I couldn't put it down.

I was hooked right from the beginning. It felt like someone was telling me about their life. I can't wait to read more books from this author!

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