Wives of the East Wind by Liu Hong

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Spanning four decades of Chinese history, Wives of the East Wind is an epic tale of friendship, love and idealism betrayed.

Two couples – Wenya and Zhiying, Zhenzhen and Lao Gao – meet, marry and become inseparable just as China is shaking off the memory of war, and the brightest of its youth are pledging themselves to building a vibrant new future. Yet for all that their lives embody the ideals of the new republic, they are spared none of the suffering and hardship that are to follow, through years of famine and the terror of the Cultural Revolution.