About this title: This is the author's own story of her upbringing in China by a missionary father, a distant mother, and an affectionate Chinese nurse, Lin Nai-Nai. The book examines the added difficulties foreigners experienced in a country where life was harsh even for natives, and chronicles the loneliness of an only child who longs to discover her roots in the homeland she never knew. Illustrated with photographs.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780399209338ISBN:0399209336
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780399209338ISBN:0399209336
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780399209338ISBN:0399209336
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780440436836ISBN:0440436834
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780440436836ISBN:0440436834
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780399209338ISBN:0399209336
Description: Acceptable in Acceptable jacket. Ex-library. Used hardcover with dust jacket. Both are in good condition with some signs of wear to the dust jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Yearling
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780440436836ISBN:0440436834
Description: A good reading copy only. A former library book with the usual identifiers. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
"I really liked this book for several reasons. First, I love anything about China. I don't know why but the culture fascinates me. Secondly, my husband lived in many foreign countries as a child. It gave me new insight into how this experience widens our worlds and our view of other people and our own lives.
It also helped me understand why my husband is such a good traveller and I'm not. And why he likes being right where he is right now."
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