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A Love Story of Wind And Rain

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Hongwei Lou weaves her love for her husband, from the first day they began to date to becoming parents and their parting, their being both incarcerated in one of China's notorious detention centers and slave labor camps to her efforts to have her beloved released.

The book does not disclose the gruesome truth, but tastefully brings the reader closer to understanding the China that is hidden behind shudders. It tells the people that there is more to China than economics. It speaks of torture and killing of innocent people because of their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. It asks people to awaken to the truth and keep the promise given after WWII -- "NEVER AGAIN."

The book speaks of tender love, making a life together and overcoming the problems a young married couple faces in an environment that breeds hatred and viciousness. It speaks of the hardship faced by many Chinese people and the hope of an ending to misery.

The above permeates the entire book and it makes reading an experience that opens ones eyes, brings tears to the eyes and instills the reader with a determination to get involved and be a part in stopping suffering.

When putting the book down, I felt that I had read the recount of a true historical event and that it was important to be involved in rooting out evil and suffering.

while reading this story I was gripped by the touching stories met by the author in labor camp. It's not just a story or an biography, it's so much more, it depicts the maturation of a chinese citizen who, previously oblivious to the dictatorship of the Chinese Communist regime, grew to learn about how the world around her was actually not what she had thought...
it's a painful process of negating what one had developed since young, a love for something and an entire mindset of how things work, then suddenly learning that they're all wrong. it must have been a painful process, but very well written and the feelings flow from the book to the reader, touching deeply and personally....
also a great book for its historical importance... i can't think of many biographies written by Falun Gong practitioners about their experiences in China throughout this persection... as it turns out, this book also gave me an entirely new perspective of the persecution - it's not just physical torture, it's much more psychological... living in constant fear of death and torture...
would recommend it to everyone for a read.