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Beautiful country a memoir

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The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world -- an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent. In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country." Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 199...

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Main Author: Wang, Qian Julie, 1987- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2021.
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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.
Illegal immigration > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Shijiazhuang Shi (China) > Biography.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
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Summary:The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world -- an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent. In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country." Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian's parents were professors; in America, her family is "illegal" and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinatown, Qian's parents labor in sweatshops. Instead of laughing at...
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ISBN:9780385547246
Author Notes:QIAN JULIE WANG is a graduate of Yale Law School and Swarthmore College. She is managing partner of Gottlieb & Wang LLP, an educational civil rights law firm, and her writing has appeared in major publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post . She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two rescue dogs, Salty and Peppers.

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