Beautiful Country

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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 seven when she and her mother move to America, the 'Beautiful Country'. There they join her father, who fled his homeland after speaking out against the government. Unable to speak English, both Qian and her parents must work wherever they can to survive. Thus begins an extraordinary story that describes in vivid colours her time labouring in sweatshops, the days spent scavenging furniture, and the terrifying moment when the family emerges from the shadows to seek emergency medical treatment for Qian's mother. Qian Julie Wang's memoir is an unforgettable account of what it means to live under the perpetual threat of deportation. Told from a child's perspective, in a voice that is intimate, poignant and startlingly lyrical, Beautiful Country is the story of a girl who learns first to live - and then escape - an invisible life."--Book jacket