A review by pg88557744
Beautiful Country: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wang

3.0

3.5 stars. Very intense and sad, reading about such poverty and fear. That being said, I didn’t really feel emotionally connected to Qian throughout much of the book, there was a distance in the writing, almost an analysis rather than an emotional opening. It’s all very traumatic so I don’t blame the author, but it made the book feel too removed.