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After her father’s death, Chinese-American scholar Lilian Shang reads his diary and is shocked to learn of his past as a Chinese spy and CIA mole, as well as his secret second family with a mistress in China. When a Fulbright scholarship sends her to China, Lilian meets with the family she never knew. National Book Award winner Ha Jin has produced a beautiful work about love, duty, loyalty, and betrayal. You can see the Monitor's full review of "A Map of Betrayal" here.
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