Home Is A Roof Over A Pig: An American Family's Journey in China - Hardcover

Arrington, Aminta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590208994 ISBN 13: 9781590208991

Publisher: Overlook Pr, 2012

Synopsis

Home Is a Roof Over a Pig When all-American Arrington moves with her family from suburban Georgia to a small town in China, she hopes to understand the country with its storied history and culture. The family is bewildered by the seemingly endless cultural differences they face, but they find their way. Full description

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""Home Is a Roof Over a Pig" is a brutally honest and fascinating peek at life for an American family living in a foreign country. I was engrossed in the story as Arrington used her humor, and ultimately understanding and flexibility to survive, realize, and eventually love the contradictory land of China."
--Kay Bratt, bestselling author of "Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage"
"The power of Aminta Arrington's "Home Is a Roof Over a Pig" is you can see both sides of the 'China coin' from it--something most people won't get just by traveling through, or only by hearing about China in Western languages. Read it, it will help you dip into the real China."--Xinran, author of "The Good Women of China"
"American teacher Arrington (editor, "Saving Grandmother's Face") nicely demystifies the Chinese language for English speakers in this down-to-earth memoir chronicling her family's stint in the Chinese province of Shandong on the eve of the Beijing Olympics."--"Publishers Weekly"
"A military wife turned ESL instructor's sharp-eyed account of how the adoption of a Chinese baby girl led to her family's life-changing decision to live and work in rural China . . . candid and heartfelt."--"Kirkus"
"A fresh, illuminating look at contemporary China." --"Booklist"
"Her chronicle of their adventures with the language and with the local culture and characters presents intimate glimpses of the profoundly different ideology and philosophy that underlie the quotidian Chinese experience and of the essential human kindness that can transcend those differences." --"National Geographic Traveler"
"This book captivated me through vivid accounts of everyday life in China from an American s viewpoint. The refreshing insights stirred an appreciation and fascination in me for the Chinese people and their culture. As we shape our cultural identity in the increasingly global context, Aminta Arrington inspires us to broaden our understanding."--"Yakima Herald"
"Arrington is a sunny ('cynicism and I cannot breathe the same air') and energetic guide to today s China where Volvos glide among donkey carts and the Kitchen God coexists with Marxism. It is here that Arrington while seeking out her daughter s roots also discovers 'the person I was created to be.'"--"Christian Science Monitor Weekly""

About the Author:

Aminta Arrington has an M.A. in international relations from Johns Hopkins University School of advanced International Studies and studied at Waseda University in Tokyo. She has written about China for "The Seattle Times," and she edited the anthology "Saving Grandmother's Face: and Other Tales from Christian Teachers in China." Arrington continues to live and work in China with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Pr
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1590208994
• ISBN 13: 9781590208991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 319