The Scavenger's Daughters (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
So loved this book! I can't wait to read the rest of the book in the series. I do think she tends to romanticize the issue of abandonment just a little, but this is fiction so she has the right to do this. While I am sure it is possible for a family in China to keep abandoned children I do not think it would have been possible for one of the children to rise above her station. Who knows though maybe things are changing in China. I LOVED this book. Last summer I read "The Red Scarf" and having grown up during the Cultural Revolution in China, cleaning our plates because the children were starving in China, I just didn't grasp the entire concept of the Cultural Revolution. This book put it perfectly into concept of what an atrocity Mao Zedong created in China during his reign, especially during his later years of the Cultural Revolution. The main character, based on a true story, Benfu and his wife, Calli, raised many "daughter's", abandoned little Chinese girls, someone's daughter as their own. Each named after a flower and all the while he lives the life of a peasant, a trash scavenger. His love and cherished moments with each of his daughter's is precious. Simply a beautiful read.
What do You think about The Scavenger's Daughters (2013)?
The subject matter was interesting, but it was extremely poorly written, trite, and schlocky.
—Mils
Recommended by Blair-Preston Public Library (Blair, Wisconsin).
—itsuki
Good story but need to continue the other books
—Julie
