Millet from Shiquan Town/石泉镇的小米

<p>A sunward flower blooming in the aftermath of disasteran unyielding backbone rising from the ruins.</p><p>灾难里开出的向阳之花，废墟上挺起的不屈脊梁</p><p></p><p>This book is a children's coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake. Millet who lost her parents in the disaster is taken in by her great-aunt in Shiquan Town. Seemingly ordinary details-the Qingming Festival offerings prepared by her great-aunt the ram-horn patterns embroidered on cloth shoes-gradually form a unique folk healing system helping Millet slowly open her heart. On the night she sees red lanterns at Wangxiang Terrace Millet finally confides her long-buried secret to her great-aunt and begins to bid farewell to the past. Millet's growth touches her great-aunt in turn and as the bell tolls they step together into a new year</p><p>本书是根据5·12汶川地震灾害背景创作的儿童成长小说。小米在地震中失去父母，被姨婆接到了石泉镇。姨婆准备的清明节祭拜物品、绣在布鞋上的羊角花纹等看似不经意，却仿佛构成了一系列独特的民间疗愈体系，让小米慢慢打开心扉。就在望乡台看到红灯笼的那一晚，小米终于跟姨婆道出了深藏已久的隐秘，尝试着跟过去告别。小米的成长感染着姨婆，她们在钟声敲响的时刻共同迈入了新的一年。作者以举重若轻的叙事手法将地震这一巨大创伤事件投射进小米在石泉镇的生活日常和北川羌寨的雨雾山岚，讲述了一个散发着无尽生命力量的故事。</p>