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naharobed 's review for:
Beautiful Country
by Qian Julie Wang
A debut memoir about an immigrant family who moves from China to New York in 1994. The author is seven years old when she arrives in what is the richest country in the world, but all she experiences is poverty and fear. This book details her experiences growing up in a one room apartment shared with nine other people; her hunger pangs while waiting for the free lunch given at school, which was often times her only full meal for the whole day; her parents labor in the sweatshops and their unstable relationship. It was interesting to read about her experiences, especially as I related to certain parts. But overall, I thought the book was just okay. I didn’t dislike it, but it didn’t wow me either. The writing just didn’t do much for me and I got kind of bored halfway through.