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Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Overlook Press, 2012.Description: 319 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781590208991
  • 1590208994
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.061 23
LOC classification:
  • DS706 .A77 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 951.061 ARR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000446875

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.

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