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

4.0

I always enjoy well written memoirs narrated by the author, as they can tell their own story the best. Especially when they include words and phrases in other languages. Qian Julie Wang has had an amazing life so far, moving from China, where her parents were both professors, to New York City, where they scraped by as undocumented immigrants working in sweatshops and fearing deportation. The poverty, hardship and discrimination they live through are heartbreaking. Qian escapes into books, teaches herself English and eventually becomes a lawyer, but most of the book is about her childhood and how she and her parents survived. A very moving and meaningful debut!