Elspeth Sandys Photo: Helen Mitchell
In 2017, author Elspeth Sandys travelled to China with other family members to mark the 90th anniversary of her cousin Rewi Alley's arrival in Shanghai.
The book she wrote about that journey is called A Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley.
Elspeth Sandys has published nine novels, two collections of short stories and two memoirs as well as writing for TV, film and stage.
![Rewi Alley teaching at Shandan School, Gansu, China 1940s [Alexander Turnbull Library]](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--eh7o_nG9--/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_1050/v1643794467/4O3JBMI_copyright_image_133898?_a=BACCd2AD)
Rewi Alley teaching at Shandan School, Gansu, China 1940s [Alexander Turnbull Library] Photo: New Zealand-China Friendship Society
