The Red Piano

About this book

A beautiful and extraordinary account of international concert pianist Zhu Xiao-Meis hardships and triumphs while growing up during Chinas Cultural Revolution Stirring and inspiring this picture book relates the story of a gifted young girls passion for the piano in a time of historic turmoil. During Chinas Cultural Revolution a young girl is taken from her family and sent to a far-off labor camp. Forbidden to play the piano she nevertheless finds a way of smuggling handwritten music into the camp and sneaking away at night to practice a piano in a secret locationuntil one night she is caught. Inspired by the amazing true story of international concert pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei this acclaimed picture book poetically relates an astonishing story of perseverance set against a cataclysmic period of history.