![]() ![]() “I had always dreamed of writing this book, because I grew up living and breathing books,” Wang said. Wang told Today that her book is a “celebration of family and childhood.” “It is one of those remarkable books that stays with you long after you’ve finished reading it.” “When it comes to widely debated issues such as immigration, it is one thing to listen to pundits speak their opinions, but it is another to read the real details of a little girl’s experience growing up as an undocumented immigrant in the U.S.,” Hager said. In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus called the memoir “a potent testament to the love, curiosity, grit, and hope of a courageous and resourceful immigrant child.” Wang’s book, her first, tells the story of her childhood in New York’s Chinatown, where she grew up as an impoverished undocumented immigrant, the daughter of two sweatshop workers who came to the United States from China. Qian Julie Wang’s memoir Beautiful Country is the latest pick for Jenna Bush Hager’s Today show book club. ![]()
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