The Middle Heart

by Bette Lord

In this historical novel set in 1932, during the Japanese conquest of Manchuria, three young people form a friendship: a Young Master from a once-great clan, a "bookmate" who keeps him out of trouble in school, and a prank-loving street kid who is actually a girl in disguise. The three become "blood brothers", and form a lifelong friendship that, through years of political turmoil and war, remains.

Available editions of The Middle Heart

	9780394534329, Hardcover, Random House Inc, 1996 $1.00 (Fine) Other copies of 9780394534329

	9780787109295, Audio Cassette, New Star Media Inc, 1996 $1.00 (Very Good ) Other copies of 9780787109295

	9780449912324, Paperback, Fawcett Books, 1997 $1.00 (Very Good) Other copies of 9780449912324

Publisher Notes

"TRULY MOVING . . . BETTE BAO LORD IS AT HER STRONGEST."--The Boston GlobeIn 1932, as China shamefully kowtows under Japanese occupation, three unlikely companions are fatefully bound by their steadfast patriotism: Steel Hope, heir to a once-great aristocracy; Mountain Pine, his crippled, scholarly servant; and Firecrackers, a poor gravekeepers daughter. In a youthful pact, they call themselves "Brothers of the Middle Heart," vowing to defend their country to the end.Yet as war and, later, the Communist Revolution ignite, cruel circumstances separate them. One becomes a political leader, one a writer, one an actress. But despite incessant historical upheaval, their lives continue to intertwine in poignant, often tragic, ways. Enmeshed in a love triangle, they will live to see their loyalty to one another tested again and again.Through these three richly drawn characters, Bette Bao Lord re-creates the stirring drama of twentieth-century China. In vivid, haunting prose she evokes the outrages that marred fifty years of the Chinese people's existence--and illuminates the remarkable resilience that defines them to this day.

Media Reviews

"Bette Bao Lord has taken the modern history of a quarter of the world's population and turned it into the story of human beings surviving against tremendous adversity. 'The Middle Heart' is a moving tribute to the Chinese people and their capacity to endure and, despite all, hope."

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