Hong Cheng: Memoirs of a Turbulent Life Through Rose-Tinted Dust Storm

by Pu Chin Hsueh Waide

Overview

Hong Cheng: Memoirs of a Turbulent Life through Sunlight-tinted Red Earth Storm is a poignant memoir of Hsueh Chi Pei, chronicling his life from rural China to war-torn Nanking, reflecting on cultural and personal transformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781963718874
Publisher:	Workbook Press
Publication date:	01/13/2025
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Pu-Chin (nee Hsueh) Waide was born in HweiZhou, Anhwei, China. She and her parents moved to India when she was six. She studied and graduated in Loreto Convent Darjeeling. In 1958 she was sent to UC Berkeley for further studies, there she met her husband E. Bevan Waide. In 1961 They moved to Washington DC, where Bevan joined IBRD. Here they settle had a daughter and son and started family. After some travels abroad for the World bank, in 1973 Bevan decided to returned to England. Here, they settled in Newcastle-upon-Tyne where Pu-Chin returned to university and obtained a BA in Urban Geography and Regional Planning. In 1976 they returned to the World bank and settled in Great Falls, Va. In 2003, her husband died. Pu-Chin continues to live in Great Falls where sounds of laughter from some of her grand children and many friends is often heard.