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Beautiful Country: A Memoir

by Qian Julie Wang

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 ca

Publisher

Doubleday

Publication date

Sep 07, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9780385547215