Brushstrokes in Time

This superbly researched and beautifully told fictional memoir is about love, art, and Chinese history and politics.This is the book I struggled not to write. I buried the pain along with my Chinese name and changed my fate.Brushstrokes in Time is the fictional memoir of Chinese artist Little Winter, who tries to re-establish the bond with her American daughter, telling the story of her emotional and rebellious past. While growing up in Communist China, Little Winter discovers talent and rebellion, joining ';The Stars' art movement for freedom of speech in an era where self-expression and love was a dangerous act.Little Winter and her haunting love story connects us to a time of hope for freedom, and to a man frustrated by being kept in small shoes.Based on real life events.