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Author: Xiaoxiao
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This is a beautiful and resilient Chinese-American mother and daughter. The mother, Xiaoxiao, has an uneven path in life but possesses an insatiable spirit of exploration and perseverance, eventually becoming a senior executive at a company on Wall Street in Manhattan, New York. The daughter, Gege, was separated from her mother at the age of 13 after her parents' divorce and, at 18, independently supported her studies and life. Through hardships, she became wise at an early age. In 2002, she won the title of Miss Chinese Chicago with outstanding comprehensive abilities and entered the top 5 of Miss Chinese International. This book is a work of ( - documentary literature), but it resembles an autobiographical essay more. It is rich in emotion, humorous and wise, with a casual and reflective tone, alternating between low sighs and high songs. It reflects the self-reliant life and inner journey of this mother and daughter with unique temperament and rich experiences; it also depicts the contrast and collision between Eastern and Western cultures; and it is a magnificent symphony celebrating the true, good, and beautiful aspects of human nature.