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The memoir of an American mother of an adopted Chinese baby girl is a cultural history of the events that led to the controversial 1980 one-child policy in China and the subsequent generation-long abandonment of Chinese daughters to American families. 18,000 first printing.
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aBreathtakingaan unforgettable story. "The Lost Daughters of China" describes not only the tragedy of social engineering but the healing power of a motheras love.a
aIris Chang, author of "The Rape of Nanking"
aNot only an evocative memoir on East-West adoption but also a bridge to East-West understanding of human rights in China.a
aAmy Tan, author of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Bonesetteras Daughter"
aPerceptive and moving.a
a"Publishers Weekly"
?Breathtaking?an unforgettable story. "The Lost Daughters of China" describes not only the tragedy of social engineering but the healing power of a mother's love.?
?Iris Chang, author of "The Rape of Nanking"
?Not only an evocative memoir on East-West adoption but also a bridge to East-West understanding of human rights in China.?
?Amy Tan, author of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Bonesetter's Daughter"
?Perceptive and moving.?
?"Publishers Weekly"
About the Author
Karin Evans, a former editor at Outside magazine, senior editor for Health magazine, and senior editor for the San Francisco Examiner's Sunday magazine, was a founding editor of Rocky Mountain Magazine. Evans spent two years working at Newsweek's Hong Kong bureau.
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- PublisherTarcherperigree
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1585420263
- ISBN 13 9781585420261
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages270
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