elibosse 's review for:

Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang, Qian Julie Wang

5.0

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What a powerful, beautiful and harrowing memoir Qian Julie Wang has written. Written on her iPhone while riding the subway to her job everyday, she shares with us snippets of her childhood. Her childhood, first filled with joy and an over abundance of all things in China and then of her journey as an undocumented child in the Beautiful Country. The contrast between the first 7 years in China and the next 5 years in the USA is gut wrenching and heartbreaking. It’s a life you could never imagine. This is a stunning debut that should be required reading.
Thank you Netgalley and publishing house for this early copy in exchange for mu honest review.