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Search - Beyond the Narrow Gate: The Journey of Four Chinese Women from the Middle Kingdom to the Middle America
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Beyond the Narrow Gate The Journey of Four Chinese Women from the Middle Kingdom to the Middle America Author: Beyond the Narrow Gate is the brave and moving story of four Chinese girls--Dolores, Suzanne, Margaret, and Mary--from their ultimate passage through the "narrow gate" in Communist China to America and their decades-long friendship. Leslie Chang, an American-born journalist and the daughter of Mary, lifts the veils of secrecy, shame, and ... more »
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Coree B. (Coreegirl) reviewed Beyond the Narrow Gate: The Journey of Four Chinese Women from the Middle Kingdom to the Middle America on + 219 more book reviews
Really fascinating account of 4 women who went to an elite high school in Taipei after the communist takeover of China. Each made their way to America and the author, the daughter of one of the girls, tells the story of their lives, families and adventures, searching for common threads and a better understanding of her own mother.
Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Ethnic & National >> African-American & Black
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Ethnic & National >> Chinese
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Ethnic & National >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
- History >> Asia >> China >> General