![]() ![]() Qian received a good education that prepared her for Swarthmore College and Yale Law School.Īs a girl, Qian found solace in books. They had free health care and found appropriate work. When her family relocates to Canada, their lives improve. ![]() Qian did not see the ‘beautiful’ country for a long time. When Qian’s mother gains a degree, she can\’t work without proper paperwork. He left his wife and child for America, and it was years before they could join him.įear of being discovered kept them caged in poverty. In China, he was punished for independent thinking. Qian’s father had believed in the myth of American freedom. In America, her teacher accused her of plagiarism, unable to accept her gift with words. In China, Qian was a fearless, intelligent, tomboy. In America, they worked as menial laborers. Her parents were educated professionals in China, her mother a math professor and her father an English literature professor. I was heartbroken by the racism and disconcern that left her family in dire poverty. Qian Julie Wang captured my heart with her beautifully written memoir of growing up as an undocumented immigrant. ![]()
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