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An edition of Message from an unknown Chinese mother (2011)

Message from an unknown Chinese mother

stories of loss and love

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Xinran tells of her experiences and travails as a mother and her observation of other women as mothers.

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Scribner
Language
English
Pages
239

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Subjects
Government policy, Mothers, Abandoned children, Family size, Motherhood, Loss (Psychology), Family policy, Intercountry adoption, Social conditions, Mothers and daughters, Children, Biography, Women
Places
China
Times
20th century, 1976-2000, 21st century

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Message from an unknown Chinese mother: stories of loss and love
2011, Scribner
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Table of Contents

A book written for adopted daughters
The first mother I met who had lost her daughter
The mothers of girls are all heartsick
The midwife's story
The dishwasher who twice tried to kill herself
Extra-birth guerrilla troops: a father on the run
Red Mary of the orphanage
The mother who still waits in the U.S.A.
A morality tale for our times
Bonds of love: stones and leaves
Little Snow, where are you?
Two letters from the heart
More letters from adoptive mothers
Chinese adoption laws
Suicide among women
The 18 wonders of Chengdu
Support the mother's Bridge of Love for Chinese Children.

Edition Notes

Translation from the Chinese.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.87430951
Library of Congress
HQ759 .X56 2011, HM

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Pagination
xxvii, 239 p. ;
Number of pages
239

ID Numbers

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OL26414181M
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ISBN 10
1451610890
ISBN 13
9781451610895
OCLC/WorldCat
646112786

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