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Beautiful Country

Qian Julie Wang

4.25 AVERAGE


I wept. 
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It was quite depressing and dark without being truly reflective in my opinion. 
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A beautifully told memoir of the childhood of a girl whose family immigrated illegally to the USA and the trauma she experience from the weight of the secret.
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I absolutely loved this read — so authentic and beautifully written
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Interesting writing, definitely more poetic and flowery than I would expect for a memoir. In many cases, I was left wondering whether that's all she knows about the situation being described or if she's purposefully presenting it as a child would experience it.