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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2013. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2926 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). |
| Summary |
In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with a memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Red Azalea became an international bestseller and propelled her career as a successful, critically acclaimed author. Twenty years later, Min returns to the story of her own life to give us the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.It is a hard and lonely road. She teaches herself English by watching Sesame Street, keeps herself afloat working five jobs at once, lives in unheated rooms, suffers rape, collapses from exhaustion, marries poorly and divorces. But she also gives birth to her daughter, Lauryann, who will inspire her and finally root her in her new country. Min's eventual successes-her writing career, a daughter at Stanford, a second husband she loves-are remarkable, but it is... |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Min, Anchee, 1957-
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Min, Anchee, 1957- -- Family.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
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Chinese American women -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Asian American authors -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781608194247 electronic bk. Adobe Digital Editions |
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(electronic bk. : Amazon Kindle) |
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(electronic bk. : OverDrive Read) |
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