Made In China
a memoir of love and labour
$29.60
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2022
Summary
Made in China: A Memoir of Trauma, Survival, and the Immigrant Dream
A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.
As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family’s garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother wants to t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922585158 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922585157 |
| Author: | Anna Qu |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 136mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Anna Qu
Anna Qu is a Chinese American writer. She writes personal essays on identity and growing up in New York as an immigrant. Her work has appeared in Threepenny Review, Lumina, Kartika, Kweli, Vol.1 Brooklyn, and Jezebel, among others. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Sarah Lawrence College. She serves as the Nonfiction Editor at Kweli Journal, and teaches at New England College, Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop, and Catapult. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their cat, Momo.
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