Beautiful Country: a Memoir

Title

Beautiful Country: a Memoir

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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Files

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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.