Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
by Xinran
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1451610890
- ISBN 13
- 9781451610895
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
Born in Beijing in 1958, XINRAN was a journalist and radio presenter in China. In 1997 she moved to London, where she wrote her bestselling book The Good Women of China . Since then she has written a regular column for the Guardian , appeared frequently on radio and TV and published Sky Burial, What the Chinese Don't Eat , a novel ( Miss Chopsticks ), and a groundbreaking work of oral history, China Witness . Her charity, The Mothers' Bridge of Love, was founded to help disadvantaged Chinese children and to build a bridge of understanding between the West and China. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006910
- Title
- Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
- Author
- Xinran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1451610890
- ISBN 13
- 9781451610895
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Xinran, Nicky Harman, The Mothers' Bridge of Love (MBL)
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