This is one of those memoirs you'll start reading and find your hand over your heart. This one story represents thousands and thousands of untold stories. Kan's coming of age memoir touches on China's one-child policy, hukou, forced, sterilization, religion, and much more.
Tag: NonFiction
Last Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen Zia
Helen Zia brings a human and personal aspect to the struggle and resilience of the thousands of people fleeing Shanghai during the communist revolution.
Work Wife by Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur
Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo are the cofounders of Of a Kind. They use their experience as work wives to write about the ways female duos and trios are changing leadership and the workplace. For the better in my opinion.
Life Will Be the Death of Me by Chelsea Handler
I recreated(ish) the cover of Chelsea Handler's latest memoir. Beau didn't cooperate as well, and all I had was an apple and an orange. Plus we have opposite colors. Anyways, her book is great.
The Art of Leaving by Ayelet Tsabari
A memoir about leaving yet searching. The need for home and being truly one's self is a deeply rooted emotion driving Ayelet Tsabari on a journey spanning the world.
Mother Winter by Sophia Shalmiyev
Mother Winter is one of the most memorable and interesting memoirs I have ever read.