A review by leweylibrary
Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This was just a really solid memoir of a girl whose family immigrated to the US and endured all kinds of hardships while living undocumented in NYC. I'm like really bummed out about her cat in particular, is that ridiculous? Her dad was such a jerk about that cat when clearly their issues were much deeper than a superstition. I kind of wish it went more in depth beyond her childhood, especially concerning her parents. "The incident" at the end was so dramatic, and she went over it so quickly and then even more quickly jumped into how her dad eventually rejoined them. Like....I need more than that lol that's not something you just gloss over? Overall though it was really interesting and a good read that I'd definitely recommend to others.
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