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Incredibly moving memoir
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Many of us reading this book live in the United States - the land of the beautiful. It's easy for us to get caught up in our day-to-day lives and only when we read stories like this, it makes us pause.
Qian's father left China when she was just four years old to escape the torture from the community for being in a family that spoke the truth. He went to New York to find a better life for him, his wife and daughter.. On July 29, 1994, Qian was seven when the plane landed at JFK Airport and she followed the footsteps of her mother into a country where they had no rights, no medical care and no hope for legality.
The family of three lived in one room with a shared kitchen in the house. At night, she heard gun shots and was told to trust no one and always lock the doors. She said, "Our kitchen contained more cockroaches than food." She was always hungry and lonely. She was raised with the fear of being deported in a city that "smelled like pee." In the winter, it was freezing inside and out.
Her parents were professional educators in China but now in NY, they had bottom-of-the-barrel jobs. This memoir takes us through her life with stories that she remembers at a young age with her friends, cat, and inspiration from the library. At nine years old, she set a goal to someday go to law school to help other immigrants in the country have a better life.
The stories are simple yet powerful. It's one that will stay with you for a long time as you think about conditions for immigrants - some good and others not so great with the so-called dream. Yet, she learned how to manage the system and make it to top with her strong determination and self confidence.
My thanks to Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read this advanced copy to be released on September 7, 2021.
Qian's father left China when she was just four years old to escape the torture from the community for being in a family that spoke the truth. He went to New York to find a better life for him, his wife and daughter.. On July 29, 1994, Qian was seven when the plane landed at JFK Airport and she followed the footsteps of her mother into a country where they had no rights, no medical care and no hope for legality.
The family of three lived in one room with a shared kitchen in the house. At night, she heard gun shots and was told to trust no one and always lock the doors. She said, "Our kitchen contained more cockroaches than food." She was always hungry and lonely. She was raised with the fear of being deported in a city that "smelled like pee." In the winter, it was freezing inside and out.
Her parents were professional educators in China but now in NY, they had bottom-of-the-barrel jobs. This memoir takes us through her life with stories that she remembers at a young age with her friends, cat, and inspiration from the library. At nine years old, she set a goal to someday go to law school to help other immigrants in the country have a better life.
The stories are simple yet powerful. It's one that will stay with you for a long time as you think about conditions for immigrants - some good and others not so great with the so-called dream. Yet, she learned how to manage the system and make it to top with her strong determination and self confidence.
My thanks to Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read this advanced copy to be released on September 7, 2021.
(audiobook) loved this imagery was so vivid. I was surprised it didn’t have a higher rating so I went to the reviews and why are ppl complaining that all it’s about is her family being in poverty as a child