A review by flowerwebs
Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China by Rao Pingru

5.0

pingru literally invented the definition of wife guy no joke. my grandparents are part of meitang’s generation, and reading this book felt cathartic because so many of pingru and meitang’s nostalgic anecdotes from childhood preferences to witnessing historical events and circumstance matched up with stories my grandmas told me about their past lives—even more resounding and sympathetic is the vast devotion for meitang pingru just carries in every word of this book (also pingru’s illustrations are so endearing and truly make this piece shine). a book 100% made with love describing a love that is literally the definition of purity. pingru and meitang are happy in the heavens together, and i hope the sacrifices they made for each other r remembered for centuries.