Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

‘Demick turns the seemingly-prosaic human dramas of our societies into a cinematic and heart-rending epic tale with consequences that cross continents. In her work, every individual’s story gets their due—its beauty, dignity, and wonder made evident through her writing.’ * Emily Feng, author of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom *‘This immensely empathetic, moving, and thought-provoking narrative offers readers an extraordinary window into the complex dilemmas of international adoption.’ * Zhuqing Li, author of Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden *‘A bittersweet but engrossing narrative of how one family was compelled by Beijing’s “one-child policy” to give an “unauthorised” child up for adoption to American parents.’ * Orville Schell, co-author of Wealth and Power *

‘Excellent…entrancing and disturbing…[Barbara Demick] is one of our finest chroniclers of East Asia. [Her] characters are richly drawn, and her stories, often reported over a span of years, deliver a rare emotional wallop.’

’[Demick] has written with impeccable empathy for everyone involved, Chinese and western.’

‘Compelling [and] gripping.’

Barbara Demick won the Samuel Johnson Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award with for Nothing to Envy, her seminal book on North Korea. Besieged, her account of the war in Sarajevo, was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize. Demick’s Eat the Buddha- Life and Death in a Tibetan Town was named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Demick is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She lives in New York.