1 result found. sorted by date .
Title |
Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China / Aminta Arrington |
|
Publisher |
New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2012 |
|
Phys Descr |
319 pages : map ; 24 cm |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-316) |
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 |
Subject |
Arrington, Aminta
|
|
Arrington, Aminta -- Family
|
|
Americans -- China -- Tai'an (Shandong Sheng)
|
|
China -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
|
|
Adopted children
|
|
Tai'an (Shandong Sheng, China) -- Biography
|
OCLC # |
759173570 |
ISBN # |
9781590208991 |
|
1590208994 |
|