Made in China : a memoir of love and labor
(Book)
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Bellevue - Adult Biography | B Q12m | On Shelf |
Old Hickory - Adult Biography | B Q12m | Checked Out |
More Details
Published
New York : Catapult, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
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 teach her a lesson: she is Chinese, not American, and such is their tough path in their new country. But instead of acquiescing, Qu alerts the Office of Children and Family Services, an act with consequences that impact the rest of her life. Nearly twenty years later, estranged from her mother and working at a Manhattan startup, Qu requests her OCFS report. When it arrives, key details are wrong. Faced with this false narrative, and on the brink of losing her job as the once-shiny startup collapses, Qu looks once more at her life's truths, from abandonment to an abusive family to seeking dignity and meaning in work. Traveling from Wenzhou to Xi'an to New York, Made in China is a fierce memoir unafraid to ask thorny questions about trauma and survival in immigrant families, the meaning of work, and the costs of immigration. --,Provided by publisher.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Qu, A. (2021). Made in China: a memoir of love and labor . Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Qu, Anna. 2021. Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor. Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Qu, Anna. Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor Catapult, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Qu, Anna. Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor Catapult, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.