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    Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China
    Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China
    Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China
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    Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China

    Written by Val Wang

    Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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    About this audiobook

    Raised in a strict Chinese-American household, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed in a Chinese dance troupe-until she shaved her head and became a leftist. But Val's true mutiny was when she moved to China, the land her parents had fled.

    In 1998, Val arrives in Beijing expecting to find freedom . . . but she finds her traditional relatives instead. She discovers a city rebelling against its roots, struggling to find a new, modern identity like her. A thriving avant-garde subculture makes art out of the chaos in Beijing's gritty outskirts.

    Brilliantly observed and winningly told, Beijing Bastard is a compelling story of a young woman finding her place in the world and of China, as its ancient past gives way to a dazzling but uncertain future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 30, 2014
    ISBN9781494576349
    Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China

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