But now a booming economy has transformed their lives. Hilary Spurling sees the changes for herself...
但是现在蒸蒸日上的经济改变了她们的生活。
Spurling points out that, although Buck's most famous novel, the Good Earth, is still in print, the author is' virtually forgotten.
斯普林指出，尽管赛珍珠最著名的小说《大地》至今仍在出版，但这位作家其实已被忘记。
Nor does she make great claims for Buck’s work, with the exception of “Fighting Angel, ” a life of her father, which Spurling believes “has the makings of a 20th-century classic.”
