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'Hunger was a constant, reliable friend in Mei Guo. She came second only to loneliness.'
In China she was the daughter of professors. In Brooklyn her family is 'illegal.'
Qian is just sevenâŠ
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This memoir informed me of the psychological price of immigration and displacement on young children in ways that were searing and deep because of Wangâs mastery of the childâs perspective.
She lived in New Yorkâs Chinatown with her parents two professionals who immigrated from China and experienced poverty, isolation, fear of deportation, working in a sweatshop. She was saved by her love of books and reading, and her motherâs determination to realize the life she left China to have. Wang creates innocence and trauma with a deft, poetic skill that makes this a classic.Â
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