Journey Through History to review Mao’s Last Dancer (Db 60921) by Cunxin Li 02/07/2023

This is a Memoir with a happy ending. how a ten year old Chinese peasant boy living at a starvation level in a Mao Commune became a international Ballet star after recruitment into and undergoing rigorous training at Mao’s wife’s National Ballet school. While visiting Houston Texas he defected from China after finding “my first love” angering Chinese officials resulting in His imprisonment in the Chinese consulate in Houston Texas. He was released after the intervention by vice-president and Mrs. Bush. Read the book for a happy but realistic ending. Mao’s Last Dancer Li Con Xin Db 60921 Fifteen hours and twenty minutes Read by Gordon Gould