Dreams of Joy

I remember when I was in highschool and thinking I was hot shit because I was taking honors and A.P. history classes. I told my dad about what I learned about Karl Marx and the benefits of communism and how hey, the ideals actually sound pretty cool. He looked at me with utter disgust and told me I would never be able to have an opinion on this unless I experienced it. Luckily for me, I was quickly disillusioned as I heard stories about his childhood and sat down and listened.

Unfortunately for Joy, she chose to be angry at her parents for being boaters (ouch) and went back to China to experience communism herself.

This book was hard to read, it was unpleasant. Still, it was very well written and it's important.