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Ying Chang Compestine is not only author of "Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party", but many children's comedy books such as "Boy Dumplings" and "The Story of Noodles". Also, her passion in Asian food and cuisine led her to write many cookbooks, picture books, and novels for young readers; contributing to Cooking Light, Eatingwell, Self, and more.

This book is a lot like Weedflower. They both are about cultural Revolution in China. Both of them start out with fairly decent, comfortable lives. Both living in communist rule, things slowly started to downfall. War broke out, and many lives including Ling's and Sumiko's.