We Served the People: My Mother's Stories

A collection of moving stories passed from mother to daughter recounting life during China's Cultural Revolution.

In China, an entire generation's most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city-kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao's mandated Great Leap Forward.

Debut cartoonist Emei Burell breathes new life into the stories her mother shared with her of growing up during mid-1960s Communist China. In an inspiring tale, her mother recounts how she ended up as one of the few truck-driving women during the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside movement, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth.

Burell's stunning illustrations honor her mother's courage, strength, and determination during a decade of tremendous political upheaval, where millions of lives were lost, and introduces us to a young Burell in a new era of self-discovery.

Author: Emei Burell
Publisher: Archaia
Published: 04/28/2020
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781684155040
ISBN10: 1684155045
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction | Biography & Memoir
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Contemporary Women