Beautiful country : a memoir of an undocumented childhood
Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-2021
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Qian is just seven when she moves to America, the 'Beautiful Country', where she and her parents find that the roads of New York City are not paved with gold, but crushing fear and scarcity. Unable to speak English at first, Qian and her parents must work wherever they can to survive, all while she battles hunger and loneliness at school. Thus begins an extraordinary story that describes, in vivid colours, days labouring in sweatshops and sushi factories, nights scavenging the streets for furniture, and the terrifying moment when the family emerges from the shadows to seek emergency medical treatment for Qian's mother. Qian Julie Wang's memoir is an unforgettable account of what it means to live under the perpetual threat of deportation and the small joys and sheer determination that kept her family afloat in a new land.
Main title:
Beautiful country : a memoir of an undocumented childhood / Qian Julie Wang.
Author:
Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-, author
Imprint:
UK : Viking, 2021.
Collation:
x, 305 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 2015.
ISBN:
9780241514696 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- -- Childhood and youthWang, Qian Julie, 1987- -- FamilyNoncitizens -- New York (State) -- New YorkIllegal immigration -- New York (State) -- New YorkChinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New YorkShijiazhuang Shi (China) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryNew York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customsHistory
BRN:
2283139
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