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    Staring into the Sun

    Stories from a Chinese American Family 1895-2015

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    6 uur 30 min

    --- Semifinalist, 2025 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize ---England, 2015. Madelyn dreads telling her young children about her mother, who died by suicide decades earlier. But when her child asks about skin tone and eye color, she’s compelled to share the painful truth.A Cantonese village, 1895. Emigrating to America seems inevitable for teenage Song, whose family is starving during a drought. His ... Meer lezen

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  • Staring into the Sun

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    Semifinalist, 2025 Autumn House Nonfiction PrizeEngland, 2015. Madelyn dreads telling her young children about her mother, who died by suicide decades earlier. But when her child asks about skin tone and eye color, she's compelled to share the painful truth.A Cantonese village, 1895. Emigrating to America seems inevitable for teenage Song, whose family is starving during a drought. His grandmother ... Meer lezen

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