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Arrington, Aminta.

Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China / - New York : Overlook Press, 2012. - 319 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-316).

Gate -- Home -- Teach -- Population -- Learn -- The exam -- Winter -- Mountains, water -- Foreign -- Independence -- Mount Tai -- Words -- God -- Countryside -- Return -- Familiar -- Same -- Tired -- Contradiction -- Identity -- Cold -- Christmas -- Unique -- The Kitchen God -- Silk -- Hong Kong -- Egg -- Language -- The West -- Woman -- Sports -- Freedom -- Relationships.

A military wife, university instructor, and mother of three children including an adopted Chinese daughter recounts her experiences while stationed in a small town in China, where her efforts to adapt are challenged by propaganda-related belief systems and her family's decidedly American perspectives.

ISBN: 9781590208991 1590208994

LCCN: 2012288113

Subjects--Personal Names:
Arrington, Aminta.
Arrington, Aminta.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Americans--China--Tai'an (Shandong Sheng)
Adopted children.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--Social life and customs--21st century.
Tai'an (Shandong Sheng, China)--Biography.

LC Class. No.: DS706 / .A77 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 951.061