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Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Beautiful Country A Memoir
Author: Qian Julie Wang
In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385547215
ISBN-10: 0385547218
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
Pages: 320
Rating:
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4.5 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 34
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Qian Julie Wang's debut memoir Beautiful Country, is about a child who has no hand and no control in an immigration decision, a child who perhaps has no knowledge of that decision, a child whose mother hides an illness for fear of what a doctor's visit will mean for her undocumented family, a child who has no home other than the known neighborhoods of New York. What is to become of this undocumented child as she becomes an adult? Where is home?

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