![]() The main character was born in 1947, the year my paternal grandparents got married. ![]() My parents (and maternal grandparents) grew up during that time they immigrated to the U.S. Taiwan was under martial law for 38 years, from 1949 to 1987, surpassed in length by only Syria (1963-2011). One of the last books I read in 2016 but also one of the best, this book was an intensely personal read for me because it focuses on a dark, tumultuous, and bloody era of Taiwanese history, called the White Terror, that my own family lived through. Trigger/Content Warnings: mentions of death, murder, torture My Summary: Told through the perspective of an unnamed first generation Taiwanese American woman, Green Island chronicles the life of the main character from her birth on March 1st, 1947, the day after the infamous 228 Massacre, to the year 2003, marked by the SARS outbreak, intertwining her personal, family history with the political history of Taiwan. Note 2: Parts of this review were originally published in and adapted from my Favorite Books of 2016 post. You can find my list of books that I read and the links to the reviews for those books here. ![]() ![]() Note: I read this book as part of the #DiversityDecBingo reading challenge. ![]()
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