Made in China : a memoir of love and labor
Large Print Book |
Large print edition. |
Thorndike Press,
Waterville, Maine :
2021.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welland Main | LP 973.04951 QU | Large Print - Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family's garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother wants to teach her a lesson: she is Chinese, not American, and such is their tough path in their new country. But instead of acquiescing, Qu alerts the Office of Children and Family Services, an act with consequences that impact the rest of her life. Nearly twenty years later, estranged from her mother and working at a Manhattan start-up, Qu requests her OCFS report. When it arrives, key details are wrong. Faced with this false narrative, and on the brink of losing her job as the once-shiny start-up collapses, Qu looks once more at her life's truths, from abandonment to an abusive family to seeking dignity and meaning in work. Traveling from Wenzhou to Xi'an to New York, Made in China is a fierce memoir unafraid to ask thorny questions about trauma and survival in immigrant families, the meaning of work, and the costs of immigration."--
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Details
- ISBN: 9781432893507
- Physical Description: 283 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2021.
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Qu, Anna.
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New York (State).
Office of Family and Children Services.
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New York (State) >
Biography.
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Chinese >
New York (State) >
Biography.
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Immigrants >
New York (State) >
Biography.
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Mothers and daughters >
New York (State) >
Biography.
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Abused children >
New York (State) >
Biography.
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