Book guide
Dreams of Joy
A daughter’s search for truth sends a mother racing into Mao’s China to save her.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalFamily sagaLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryFamily secretsLiteraryFamily saga
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About Dreams of Joy
After discovering family secrets, nineteen-year-old Joy runs away to Shanghai in 1957 to find her birth father and embraces the promise of Red China. Pearl follows in desperation, confronting her past as mother and daughter are drawn into one of China’s most dangerous historical moments.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Shanghai Girls · Book 2 of 2
Content warnings
- starvation
- famine
- cruelty
- child death
- death
- cannibalism
- body horror
- genocide
- child abuse
- domestic abuse
- sexual assault
