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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother

By Xinran

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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother

By Xinran

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Ten chapters ten women and many stories of heartbreak including her own: Xinran once again takes us right into the lives of Chinese women and their lost daughters. Whether as a consequence of the single-child policy destructive age-old traditions or hideous economic necessity these women had to give up their daughters for adoption others were forced to abandon them - on city streets outside hospitals orphanages or on station platforms - and others even had to watch their baby daughters being taken away at birth and drowned.
Personal immediate full of sorrow but also full of hope this books sends a heart-rending message to Chinese girls who have been adopted to show them how things really were for their mothers and to tell them they were loved and will never be forgotten.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2011-02-03
Publication Date:
2011-02-03
Publisher:
Vintage
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099535750
ISBN13:
9780099535751
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
367 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
18 cm

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