charrissa 's review for:

Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

5.0

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Such a powerful book - it made me think a lot - about my experiences growing up as an Asian-American. Truthfully about how fortunate I was. It also made me think a lot about what makes someone leave their country to go to another, undocumented - what drives them to endure such hardships. And the lack of understanding and kindness we can all exhibit - I thought about who I would be as a child - would I have been a child that looked down upon someone for their clothes, their free lunch, etc.?