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Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wang
24 reviews
megatron37's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
drlainie's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Classism, and Deportation
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, and Death of parent
adrienne_rennie's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
shortstackz's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma
danahuff's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Excrement
btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Stalking
Minor: Cancer and Infidelity
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
Moderate: Excrement
mildlypretentiousreader's review against another edition
5.0
“Why were we expected to speak English while praising Americans for even the crumbiest dribble of Chinese?”
Qian Julie Wang’s Beautiful Country details her life as an undocumented immigrant in New York City. As a young child, Qian and her mother reunite with her father in “Mei Guo,” the Chinese word for America meaning “Beautiful Country.” Mei Guo turns out to be anything but beautiful.
Told through the lenses of a child, we peek into the fearful and harrowing life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant family. The Wang family is forced to live
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Abandonment, War, and Classism
erebus53's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful Country is a direct translation of the Chinese term for USA 美国 - Mĕiguó . Whenever I hear " Mĕiguó " spoken, I picture the characters in my mind. A year working at a Chinese Newspaper will do that to a nerdy lass who likes languages. I have always been struck by how ironic the name is. The memoire written is an awakening from a childhood where the author needs to protect herself over and again, from the perils of being an "illegal" migrant. When any false word could get you deported, you learn to say what people want to hear.
From sweat shops, and bigoted teachers, buying the cheapest food possible, and making do with forgaed treasures, this is a candid story of poverty, Racism, and survival. I found the descriptions reminded me of many things that have been part of my life, and drew stark contrast between some of my own experiences as a White New Zealander ( Pākeha ) living in a country with social security.
I expect that some of this recounting may be affronting to those who are unaware of the type of life that oppressed people can easily fall into. The story is that of someone who has survived, but doesn't really feel as saccharine as a lot of inspiration stories can be.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Minor: Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Abortion