Beautiful Country: a Memoir
Title
Beautiful Country: a Memoir
Subject
Creator
Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date
2021-09-07
Rights
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto.
Relation
https://books.google.com/books?id=F0oQEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Format
text
Language
eng
Type
Book
Identifier
9780385547246
0385547242
Abstract
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 all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive.
Table Of Contents
How it began -- Home -- Ascent -- Dances and shadows -- Type -- The beautiful country -- Silk -- Native speaker -- Dumplings -- Sushi -- Lights -- Chatham square -- Hair -- Shopping -- Mcdonalds -- Copyright
Date Created
2021-09-07
Extent
320 pages
Bibliographic Citation
Wang, Q. J. (2021). Beautiful Country: A Memoir. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. https://books.google.com/books?id=F0oQEAAAQBAJ
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Citation
Kristin G, “Beautiful Country: a Memoir,” CALASYS - CALA Academic Resources & Repository System, accessed December 10, 2024, https://ir.cala-web.org/items/show/869.