DANCING THROUGH THE SHADOW

<blockquote><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: inherit><em>The shocking true story of Communist China- and the woman it couldn't contain.</em></strong></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: inherit>As the Cultural Revolution sweeps across the nation young ballerina Tia Zhang rises to the top of Mao Zedong's favorite dancers. Her success leads her to a forbidden love with a dashing military athlete - but it can not protect them from the brutality of the Communist regime.</span></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: inherit>In a story that spans nearly half a century Tia's family life is upended when her new husband is sent away to a labor camp their baby son is taken from her and her career as a dance teacher - her last hope of autonomy - is constantly threatened by government control.</span></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: inherit>Yet amid despair Tia's unyielding spirit and love for her family illuminate the darkest corners of a country in turmoil - and fuels her inspiring bid for freedom.</span></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: inherit><em>Dancing Through the Shadow</em></strong><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: inherit> is a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit and the fierceness of a mother's love. Set against the backdrop of one of politics's most repressive regimes Agnes Bristow's vivid prose captures the heartache and triumph of a woman who danced not just for art - but for her very survival.</em></blockquote><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>