A Fistful of Barley
Written by Li Donghua
Illustrated by Gu Yukun
Translated from Chinese by Amber Navarre
ISBN 978-1-914917-13-4
9.99 pounds
Page: 19
Publisher: New Classic Press
Publishing date: 2022/10
“There she is. She’s alive.” A strong taste of butter tea coated her tongue. The girl licked her lips and slowly opened her eyes. It all felt like a dream. Only her mother ever held her so tightly—but she was dead now. Her father was the first to collapse from hunger as they fled from famine; then went her big brother, followed by her mother. And finally she, too, had fallen.