Rose George

Cinderella in China

So says the film-maker and novelist Xiaolu Guo — in one of the most miserable misery memoirs of all time

  • Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up

    Xiaolu Guo

    Chatto, pp. 306

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