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Ting-xing Ye


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Ting-xing Ye, author of the best-selling memoir, A Leaf in the Bitter Wind, was born in Shanghai, China, in 1952, the fourth of five children born to a factory owner and his wife. At sixteen she was “sent down” to a prison farm during the Cultural Revolution, spending six years there before being admitted to Beijing University. She took a degree in English Literature, then began a seven year career as English interpreter for the national government in Shanghai. Ye came to Canada in 1987. She has been a child-care worker, bank clerk, and secretary. She published her first picture book in 1998. She also writes Young Adult fiction and non-fiction.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 1,945 ratings · 215 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
Throwaway Daughter
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3.67 avg rating — 721 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions
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My Name is Number 4
3.76 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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A Leaf in the Bitter Wind
4.12 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions
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Mountain Girl River Girl
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White Lily
3.66 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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Three Monks, No Water
4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
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The Chinese Thought of It: ...
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Weighing the Elephant
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My Name Is Number 4: A True...
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