Everything you need to understand or teach Where Waters Meet by Zhang Ling.
A coming-of-age tale fractured at every turn by the ravages of war, Where Waters Meet is a gritty story about growing up in China during the tumultuous middle of the 20th century. A woman named Phoenix fills in the gaps of her mother's life as she maneuvers various tragedies during World War II, the Korean War, and the Cultural Revolution, all in manuscript form as she plans to publish a book about her. The novel is primarily written in the form of Phoenix's manuscript within the novel, telling of her mother's life as a teenager all the way through to Phoenix's teenage years, dealing with themes like war, trauma, and memory.
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