Thien, Madeleine 1974 creator text monographic 473 pages ; 22 cm In Canada in 1991, ten year old Marie and her mother invite a guest into their home. She is Ai-Ming, a young woman from China who has fled following the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square incident. As her relationship with Marie deepens she tells the story of her family in revolutionary China. This is an epic novel about the far- reaching effects of China's revolutionary history, told through the stories of two interlinked musical families, from the 1940s to the present day Madeleine Thien Families China Fiction Intergenerational relations Fiction China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 -- Fiction China Social life and customs Fiction 9781783782666 6325