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Author Arrington, Aminta.

Title Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China / Aminta Arrington.

Publication Info. New York : Overlook Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  951 ARR    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  951.061 AR    Check Shelf
Description 319 pages : map ; 24 cm
Contents Gate -- Home -- Teach -- Population -- Learn -- The exam -- Winter -- Mountains, water -- Foreign -- Independence -- Mount Tai -- Words -- God -- Countryside -- Return -- Familiar -- Same -- Tired -- Contradiction -- Identity -- Cold -- Christmas -- Unique -- The Kitchen God -- Silk -- Hong Kong -- Egg -- Language -- The West -- Woman -- Sports -- Freedom -- Relationships.
Summary A military wife, university instructor, and mother of three children including an adopted Chinese daughter recounts her experiences while stationed in a small town in China, where her efforts to adapt are challenged by propaganda-related belief systems and her family's decidedly American perspectives.
Subject Arrington, Aminta.
Arrington, Aminta -- Family.
Americans -- China -- Tai'an (Shandong Sheng)
China -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Adopted children.
Tai'an (Shandong Sheng, China) -- Biography.
ISBN 9781590208991
1590208994
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