| #787694 in Books | 2010-06-15 | 2010-06-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.19 x.75 x5.50l,.60 | File type: PDF | 272 pages||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Amazing, touching read|By Malia Rulon Herman|I loved reading this story. It's a beautiful portrait of the most unusual family circumstances told in a straightforward style that includes humor, actual letters and e-mails, just enough history to give context and a raw eye toward detail that leaves you wanting more.
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|Mei-Ling Hopgood "writes with humor and grace about her efforts to understand how biology, chance, choice and love intersect to delineate a life. A wise, moving meditation on the meaning of family, identity and fate." –Kirkus
In a true story of family ties, journalist Mei-Ling Hopgood, one of the first wave of Asian adoptees to arrive in America, comes face to face with her past when her Chinese birth family suddenly requests a reunion after more than two decades.In 1974, a baby girl from Taiwan arrived in America, the newly adopted child of a loving couple in Michigan. Mei-Ling Hopgood had an all-American upbringing, never really identifying with her Asian roots or harboring a desire to unco...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Lucky Girl | Mei-Ling Hopgood.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
