Amor bajo el espino blanco (Spanish Edition)

In the China of the early 1970s Jingqiu, one of many educated urban youth, is sent to the countryside to be "re-educated" under a dictate from Chairman Mao. Her father is a political prisoner somewhere in China, and her mother, a former teacher, is now reduced to menial work to support her children. When Jing arrives at Xiping village she meets geology student Jianxin, the son of a high-ranking military officer whose mother committed suicide after being branded a "rightist." Despite their disparate social backgrounds and a political atmosphere that forbids the relationship, Jingqiu and Jianxin fall desperately in love. But their budding romance is cut short by fate... A sensitive and searing love story, Under the Hawthorn Tree is sure to become an instant classic.