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Reminiscent of Elizabeth Strout and Jane Smiley, Rebellion is a robust debut novel by Molly Patterson, weaving mutually the reviews of four women unafraid to struggle the boundaries of the lives, spanning years and taking listeners across the globe. In 1890, a young missionary, Addie, has journeyed to the city of Lu-cho Fu with her hubby, dreaming of earning her tag on the planet. But Addie's desires change after reaching a brash and completely modern girl, Poppy, who offers to change Addie's destiny. All the while, characters from Addie reach her sister, Louisa, just lately married and fighting the tranquil isolation to be a farmer's partner. When assault erupts overseas between the Chinese language and their unwelcome Christian intruders, Addie's life requires a mystical and haunting convert strongly felt by Louisa back. By 1958 Louisa's little princess, Hazel, is struggling with to keep up control of her land and family in the aftermath of her husband's untimely death. Reeling from the tragedy, she locates herself drawing nearer to the neighboring Hughes family and along the way learns that grief assumes many forms. One hundred years after Addie's disappearance, Juanlan profits to her hometown without job and no options. She locates her daddy ailing and her pregnant sister-in-law restless and angry. While her family and town are rapidly changing, Juanlan feels frozen in place. In search of an wall plug for the live wire she feels buried inside, she starts up a love affair with a committed man. Interconnected by action and effect, each woman's story brilliantly shows the fleeting level of youngsters, the obligation of family, and the dramatic effect of charting your own destiny. A vibrant report of compassion and discovery set against a hundred years of complicated relationships between China and America, Rebellion celebrates those who fight against expectation in pursuit of their own thrilling destiny and introduces a growing literary star.
