Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran

Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love

Xinran with Nicky Harman

224 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother is made up of the stories of Chinese mothers whose daughters have been wrenched from them, and also brings us the voices of some adoptive mothers from different parts of the world. These are stories which Xin...

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Moods

emotional 81%
sad 81%
informative 72%
reflective 72%
dark 36%
challenging 27%
hopeful 9%
inspiring 9%

Pace

medium 90%
slow 9%

Average rating

4.06

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