My Name Is Number 4: A True Story from the Cultural Revolution

A powerful and passionate memoir My Name Is Number 4 is the gripping tale of one girls life growing up during Chinas Cultural Revolution.. Number Four will have a difficult life. These are the words that were uttered upon Ting-xing Yes birth. Soon this prophecy would prove only too true. . . . . Here is the real-life story about the fourth child in a family torn apart by Chinas Cultural Revolution. After the death of both of her parents Ting-xing and her siblings endured brutal Red Guard attacks on their schools and even in their home. At the age of sixteen Ting-xing is exiled to a prison farm far from the world she knows.. How she struggled through years of constant terror while keeping her spirit intact is at the heart of My Name Is Number 4. Haunting and inspiring Ting-xing Yes personal account of this horrific period in history is one that no reader will soon forget.