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Name of Book: When a Baby is Born... Author: Cheng Naishan ISBN: 978-1-60220-215-3 Publisher: Better Link Press Type of book: Beauty, Cultural Revolution, wealth, abandonment, first love, deep love, crush, 1960s, 1980s, Gobi Desert, China, travel, life, marriage, mining Year it was published: 2010 Summary: This fascinating novel by one of contemporary China's most prolific writers offers insight into a chaotic period in modern Chinese history. The early sixties of the last century saw the exodus of Shanghai's educated youth to the wilderness of Northwestern China. They were mainly engaged in farming there, working in appalling conditions. Tang Dawei, a high school student from a wealthy family, volunteers to go in order to flee the merciless criticism and unbearable social pressure that follow an "incident." Dawei settles down in the Gobi Desert, where he goes through countless hardships and ordeals to transform himself into a "tough guy....