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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- author.     Subjects     Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- -- Childhood and youth.     Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- -- Family.     Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Noncitizens -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Shijiazhuang Shi (China) -- Biography.     Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- author.       by title:      Beautiful country : ...         MARC Display

Beautiful country : a memoir / Qian Julie Wang. by Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- author. New York : Doubleday, [2021] Subjects Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- -- Childhood and youth.   Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- -- Family.   Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.   Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.   Noncitizens -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.   Shijiazhuang Shi (China) -- Biography.   Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780385547215 (hardcover) : 0385547218 (hardcover) : Description:  x, 305 pages : illustration ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  How it began -- Home -- Ascent -- Dances and shadows -- Type B -- The beautiful country -- Silk -- Native speaker -- Dumplings -- Sushi -- Lights -- Chatham Square -- Hair -- Shopping day -- McDonald's -- Sleepover -- Trapdoors -- Solid ground -- Auntie love -- Normalcy -- Marilyn -- Graffiti -- Julie -- Hospital -- Mothers -- Surgery -- Gifted -- Graduation -- Tamagotchi -- Community -- Gone -- Home -- How it begins. Requests:  0 Summary:  In Chinese the word for the United States, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country." When seven-year-old Qian is plucked from her warm and happy childhood surrounded by extended family in China, she finds a world of crushing fear and poverty instead. For five years she lived undocumented after immigrating with her parents to New York City. Shocked at where her family fits in comparison to their status as educated elites in China, she works shifts alongside her mother in Chinatown sweatshops. Unable to speak English, isolated and disregarded, Qian put into special education classes and humiliated by teachers and classmates when she struggles to pay attention because of hunger or exhaustion. Her memoir illuminates the cruelty and indignity of America's immigration system, and the cost of making a home in a hostile land. -- adapted from publisher info Awards:  Asian/Pacific American Award for Adult Non-Fiction Honor book, 2022-2023   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Biography B Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Biography B Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 974.71004 Wang Wa Checked out 07/09/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 974.71004 Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Biography B Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 974.71004 Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 974.71004 Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 974.71004 Wang Wa Lost 06/22/2022 Add Copy to MyList Liliha Public Library Adult Biography B Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 974.71004 Wang Wa Checked In   Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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