Description
Sent from her family’s garment factory in Queens to a life shaped by labor, silence, and survival, a young Anna Qu makes a single, dangerous choice: she contacts child services about the treatment she and her mother endure. Years later, estranged and working in Manhattan, she receives an OCFS report that rewrites key parts of her past—forcing her to confront what was taken, what was misrepresented, and what it cost to keep going. Tracing her journey from China to America, this memoir explores the complicated bonds of immigrant families, the meaning of “home,” and how self-worth is negotiated in workplaces that demand everything. With Anna Qu’s intimate, unsparing voice, the story blends personal history with sharp questions about trauma, dignity, and the stories institutions tell about the people they claim to protect.
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paperback
Catapult
Published Aug 3, 2021
225 pages
ISBN: 9781646220359
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Details
First Published
2021
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor by Anna Qu.