Dragon Blossoms An Adoptive Family's Year in China

Name: Dragon Blossoms An Adoptive Family's Year in China
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ISBN: 9780984512805

ISBN-10: 0984512802

ISBN-13: 9780984512805

Edition: N/A

Authors: Linda Bevis

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Linda Bevis, an American teacher and lawyer, first lived in Beijing in 1983. Twenty-five years later, Bevis, her playwright husband, and her young Chinese-born daughter return to China. Aware of the necessity for adopted families to connect with the birth culture, Bevis and her family delve into Chinese community, schools, language, theater, and return to the Jiangsu orphanage where Leyla Fu-Chi spent her early months. In the year preceding the Beijing Olympics, much is said of China, both good and bad. Bevis' journals offer an inside view not usually heard in the West. While writing about pollution, censorship, and human rights violations, she also portrays her Chinese friends and students…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Whole World Press
Publication date: 5/4/2010
Binding: Paperback
Language: English