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Forbidden City : A Novel Howell Book House You will learn how toA teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protge and lover and a poster child for the Cultural Revolution in this provocative, poignant novel from the bestselling author of A River of Stars. On the eve of China's Cultural Revolution and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished