Revolution is Not a Dinner Party

It's been years since I have read a novel. I started to read this book a week ago and I couldn't stop. Although this book is a fiction, many of the scenes and characters in the book are based on or inspired by real places, actual events and people from the author's childhood. This book is writing about a girl who comes of age and fights to survive during the Cultural Revolution in China. The wordings are easy to understand, yet it gives me a lot of deep thoughts and emotions. Reading about the people's physical and emotional suffering during that time drains me. I was so touch when the author wrote "It was then that I realized how much I miss China-the country I love so deeply." I cannot imagine for someone who has been through so much in her country, she's still loves her country. Then, I realized for me who have such a good life, I should love my country even more.