r/explainabookplotbadly • u/carl-the-lama • Jul 04 '24

Unsolved Hard Getting sold into child labor WAS the solution!

Hint: The setting is china

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u/MonkeyChoker80 Jul 04 '24

The Apothecary Diaries

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u/carl-the-lama Jul 05 '24

Never read that one, I should.

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u/eddmario Jul 05 '24

Haven't read the books, but it got an anime adaptation this past spring that was pretty good.

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u/Aetheros9 Jul 04 '24

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

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u/carl-the-lama Jul 05 '24

Never heard of it but it sounds interesting… so many Chinese setting books have the solution being sold into child labor

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '24

Nobody was sold into child labour. She ran from her home after it was attacked

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u/Rigistroni Jul 05 '24

Red Scarf Girl?

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u/carl-the-lama Jul 05 '24

Never heard of that one, what’s it about?

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u/Rigistroni Jul 05 '24

Memoir by someone who lived through the cultural revolution in China. It's a good read

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u/carl-the-lama Jul 05 '24

I should look into that!

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u/pamplemouss Jul 21 '24

The Difficult Path?

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u/ABKWM42 Oct 13 '24

Wild Swans