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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
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Very raw, beautifully written memoir that is at times difficult to read given how much trauma the author details. I almost wish the author didnÕt give us an epilogue that speeds up the pacing of the novel after they arrive in Canada, although it is perhaps gives the memoir more conceptual clarity with a focus on her childhood in New York.
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I don’t know how any review I could write would do this book justice. But I’ll try. I don't think I've ever read such a brilliant memoir. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY is absolutely phenomenal - a story of childhood that should ascend among the ranks of THE GLASS CASTLE and EDUCATED.
Beautifully written in lurid prose, Qian Julie Wang dives into the deepest hurts and the takes wing on the highest hopes of the five years she spent as an undocumented immigrant in New York City. From devouring The Baby-sitters Club at NYPL and curling up with Marilyn the cat to standing in line for rice at the sweatshops and sitting at St. Vincent's awaiting the results of Ma Ma's surgery, it is near-impossible not to feel inside this story as Wang tells it.
An absolute must-read - captivating on audio and print alike.
Beautifully written in lurid prose, Qian Julie Wang dives into the deepest hurts and the takes wing on the highest hopes of the five years she spent as an undocumented immigrant in New York City. From devouring The Baby-sitters Club at NYPL and curling up with Marilyn the cat to standing in line for rice at the sweatshops and sitting at St. Vincent's awaiting the results of Ma Ma's surgery, it is near-impossible not to feel inside this story as Wang tells it.
An absolute must-read - captivating on audio and print alike.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Racism, Vomit
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Domestic abuse
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Classism, Deportation