The Sichuan earthquake took 90,000 lives and left 5 million people homeless. Beichuan, a beautiful town set in a valley, was completely flattened and almost every family lost a loved one. But the Chinese miracle made it possible to build a new city in just three years, and what began as a journey to overcome loss merged with dreams of a better life. The survivors tell us about a new generation of Chinese people swept along by the nation’s relentless drive for progress, violently torn from their roots and their past.