Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wang

Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood

Qian Julie Wang

305 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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This is the story of a childhood spent in extreme poverty as an undocumented Chinese immigrant in Brooklyn. From manual labour in a sushi factory to learning English in elementary school, the days spent scavenging the neighbourhood for furniture t...

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Moods

emotional 84%
reflective 69%
sad 56%
inspiring 39%
challenging 34%
hopeful 30%
informative 26%
dark 16%
tense 16%
adventurous 5%
funny 4%

Pace

medium 74%
slow 15%
fast 10%

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