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![]() | Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother (2010) Stories of Loss and Love A non fiction book by Xinran |
Heartbreaking, shocking stories of Chinese mothers who have lost or had to abandon children and are still searching.
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother is a collection of stories from Chinese mothers whose daughters had been wrenched from them, whether as a consequence of the single-child policy, or destructive age-old traditions and hideous economic necessity. Here, too, are the voices of adoptive mothers from different parts of the world.
Some of these women had to give up their daughters for adoption, others were forced to abandon them - on city streets, outside hospitals, orphanages - and others still, in the countryside, even had to watch their baby daughters being taken away at birth and drowned, like kittens. They are stories that Xinran could not bring herself to tell previously - they were too painful and close to home.
These vivid accounts, full of harrowing, tragic detail, yet not without tender and uplifting moments, are true stories from the heart.
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother is a collection of stories from Chinese mothers whose daughters had been wrenched from them, whether as a consequence of the single-child policy, or destructive age-old traditions and hideous economic necessity. Here, too, are the voices of adoptive mothers from different parts of the world.
Some of these women had to give up their daughters for adoption, others were forced to abandon them - on city streets, outside hospitals, orphanages - and others still, in the countryside, even had to watch their baby daughters being taken away at birth and drowned, like kittens. They are stories that Xinran could not bring herself to tell previously - they were too painful and close to home.
These vivid accounts, full of harrowing, tragic detail, yet not without tender and uplifting moments, are true stories from the heart.
Used availability for Xinran's Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother
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Hardback Editions
March 2011 : Hardback
| Title: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love Author(s): Xinran ISBN: 1-4516-1089-0 / 978-1-4516-1089-5 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ome Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love Author(s): Xinran ISBN: 0-7011-8402-7 / 978-0-7011-8402-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Chatto & Windus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love Author(s): Xinran ISBN: 1-4516-1094-7 / 978-1-4516-1094-9 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Love and Loss Author(s): Xinran Xinran ISBN: 0-09-953575-0 / 978-0-09-953575-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2010 : Perfect Paperback
| Title: SOS Title Unknown: Stories of the Lost Daughters of China Author(s): Xinran ISBN: 0-7011-8403-5 / 978-0-7011-8403-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Non Basic Stock Line Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
March 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother Author(s): Xinran Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love Author(s): Xinran Publisher: Vintage Digital Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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