Red Scarf Girl

Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang

I'm violating my usual practice of reading a book twice before reviewing, because I'm not sure I could read this twice.  It's a powerful book.  Being the author's autobiographical account of the Cultural Revolution.
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dower

So the heroine is facing off against her father's widow -- only recently widowed.

That's not the central problem, the widowhood.  It's that through some shenanigans (and lack of alternatives), she's her father's heir.  Installed and everything.  And this woman is, of course, no longer the consort but the. . . .

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