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Author Xinran, 1958-

Title Message from an unknown Chinese mother : stories of loss and love / by Xinran ; translated by Nicky Harman
Published London : Chatto & Windus, 2010

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Description 212 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Summary Tells the stories of Chinese mothers whose daughters have been wrenched from them and brings us the voices of some adoptive mothers from different parts of the world. This book sends a message from their mothers to those Chinese girls who have been adopted overseas to show them how things were for their mothers, and to tell them they were loved
Notes Translated from the Chinese
Subject Mothers -- China -- Biography.
Mothers -- China -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Mothers -- China -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Motherhood -- China.
Children -- China.
Family policy -- China.
Family size -- China.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Harman, Nicky.
ISBN 9780701184032 paperback
9780701184025 hardback
0701184027 hardback