The Land of Sorrow by Jessica Zhang is a story of a business tycoon's daughter who defied her capitalist family and joined the communists in pursuit of her ideals. She could never imagine what awaited her, and how she had steered into a storm that threatened to engulf her at every turn ...... 《家国一梦》描述了一个民国时期为了逃避包办婚姻为了浪漫革命理想而奔赴延安的十七岁的大家闺秀，她跟随她的心上人投入了历史的滚滚红尘中。 这样一个时代的女儿在血雨腥风中经历了什么？ 在那个时期的延安她能够婚姻自主吗？ 在后来的各种运动和政治风云中，她经历了怎样的沉浮？ 当千帆过尽，回望家国一梦，又是怎样一番滋味？
About the Author
Jessica Zhang is an American author of realistic fiction. She is a member of the North American Chinese Writers Association and the Overseas Chinese Women Writers Association.
Jessica's work "The Crimson Eyed Buddha", published in 2017 by Dixie West Publishing, is an astounding story of how four generations of a family went through the social and political turmoil under communist rule in China. It depicts the love and hope that carried them through their pursuit of freedom. In 2018, The Crimson Eyed Buddha won the Taiwan Overseas Literature Award: Outstanding Fiction. In the same year, the book won the Best Fiction Award by the Chinese American Librarians Association.
Jessica's "Northern Maple" was published by Xinhua Publishing in 2018. It pays tribute to immigrant life in America. The heart-warming stories of assimilation, hardship, love, family and service to the beloved new land are intriguingly interwoven into a modern day reading treasu