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Wuhu Diary

On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China

On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China

By Emily Prager

By Emily Prager

By Emily Prager

By Emily Prager

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Oct 15, 2002 | ISBN 9780385721998

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Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307430328

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    About Wuhu Diary

    In 1994 an American writer named Emily Prager met her new daughter LuLu. All she knew about her was that the baby had been born in Wuhu, a city in southern China, and left near a police station in her first three days of life. Her birth mother had left a note with Lulu’s western and lunar birth dates. In 1999 Emily and her daughter–now a happy, fearless four-year-old–returned to China to find out more. That journey and its discoveries unfold in this lovely, touching and sensitively observed book.

    In Wuhu Diary, we follow Emily and LuLu through a country where children are doted on yet often summarily abandoned and where immense human friendliness can coexist with outbursts of state-orchestrated hostility–particularly after the U. S. accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. We see Emily unearthing precious details of her child’s past and LuLu coming to terms with who she is. The result is a book that will delight anyone interested in China, and that will move and instruct anyone who has ever adopted–or considered adopting–a child.

    About Wuhu Diary

    In 1994 an American writer named Emily Prager met her new daughter LuLu. All she knew about her was that the baby had been born in Wuhu, a city in southern China, and left near a police station in her first three days of life. Her birth mother had left a note with Lulu’s western and lunar birth dates. In 1999 Emily and her daughter–now a happy, fearless four-year-old–returned to China to find out more. That journey and its discoveries unfold in this lovely, touching and sensitively observed book.

    In Wuhu Diary, we follow Emily and LuLu through a country where children are doted on yet often summarily abandoned and where immense human friendliness can coexist with outbursts of state-orchestrated hostility–particularly after the U. S. accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. We see Emily unearthing precious details of her child’s past and LuLu coming to terms with who she is. The result is a book that will delight anyone interested in China, and that will move and instruct anyone who has ever adopted–or considered adopting–a child.

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    About Emily Prager

    Emily Prager is the author of three novels, Clea & Zeus Divorce, Eve’s Tattoo, and the recently published Roger Fishbite, as well as the acclaimed book of short stories A Visit from the Footbinder, and a compendium of her humorous… More about Emily Prager

    About Emily Prager

    Emily Prager is the author of three novels, Clea & Zeus Divorce, Eve’s Tattoo, and the recently published Roger Fishbite, as well as the acclaimed book of short stories A Visit from the Footbinder, and a compendium of her humorous… More about Emily Prager

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Asian World History

    Paperback | $13.00
    Published by Anchor
    Oct 15, 2002 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385721998

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Asian World History

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Anchor
    Dec 18, 2007 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780307430328

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    Praise

    "Prager is a wonderful writer, able to merge feelings about adoption, motherhood and her own childhood with descriptions of the country and her daughter’s reactions to her travels. . . . An important book." –San Jose Mercury News

    "Moving. . . . For anyone considering multicultural adoption . . . this compelling work offers encouragement and an example of how to help an adopted child get acquainted with her roots and her sense of self. For others it provides a wonderful view of a part of China seldom written about."–Library Journal

    “An intimate, everyday portraitÉ.an elegant sense of place, an emotive story of great vulnerability, and a wonderful gift from mother to daughter.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “Highly personal. . . . Filled with fascinating information. . . . A welcome addition to the growing literature on adoption.” —BookPage

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