OTHER RIVERS by Peter Hessler (China)
A new book — Other Rivers: A Chinese Education By Peter Hessler (China 1996-98) Penguin Books July 2024 461 pages $16.99 (Kindle); $19.69 (AudioBook); $25.94 (Hardback) An intimate and revelatory account of two generations of students in China’s heartland, by an author who has observed the country’s tumultuous changes over the past quarter century More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China’s economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan Province to instruct students from the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with many of the people he had taught in the 1990s. By reconnecting with these individuals — members of China’s “Reform generation,” now in their . . .
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Clifford, I hope you will review it for Peace Corps Worldwide.