- America, history, New York Times bestseller, Childhood and youth, Family
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Qian Julie Wang
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Random House Large Print, Doubleday
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780241514702
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