Beautiful Country : A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (2010) sometimes joking

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In a brilliant split narrative

family experiences

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Beautiful Country : A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (2010) sometimes jokingA SCORCHING, POWERFUL NEW MEMOIR OF AN UNDOCUMENTED CHILDHOOD 'Hunger was a constant, reliable friend in Mei Guo. She came second only to loneliness.' When 7 year old Qian moves to Mei Guo with her mother she doesn't know what to expect from the place, otherwise known as America, that translates to 'Beautiful Country'. In China she was the daughter of Professors, a popular student leading a comfortable middle class life. In America she simply does not