Trains: A Chinese Family History of Railway Journeys, Exile, and Survival (opens in new tab)

12. This happened in the 1990s:Two decades after her family moved back to Wuhan, Aunt Dongsheng made a special trip to Fularki. My grandfather had died by then, but my little uncle Lusheng was still alive, and in his sober, wistful moments, he would beg Aunt Dongsheng: “Could you go bring Mom home from the northeast?”It was a very long journey by train, so Aunt Dongsheng got off in Beijing to take a break. Before getting back on the train, she bought a roll of film at a store near the train s...