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Touching Home in China. Abandoned as newborns in China, adopted by American parents, Jennie and Maya return as teens to where their lives began. Girls who grew up there teach them about life as a rural Chinese daughter. D id the baby cry when the hands holding her set her down?
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At around the same time, CAWLI also sent to China paperwork...
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Touching Home in China. Two American adoptees and six...
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China’s out-of-balance sex ratio at birth (SRB) reaches a...
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China, Gender, Identity, Population Policy, and...
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In Touching Home in China: in search of missing girlhoods,...
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Once off the highway, the car turns onto narrow tree-lined...
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A different sense of wonderment about Chinese girls’ lives...
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Mar 1, 2019 · Touching Home in China: In Search of Missing Girlhoods. Perfect Paperback – March 1, 2019. by Melissa Ludtke (Author) 5.0 2 ratings. See all formats and editions. Two girls abandoned in China as newborns and adopted by American parents returned as teenagers to where their lives began.
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In some classrooms in China, students and teacher bow to one another. Not in hers. "Please sit down,” she says. Instantly, class gets underway. English and Chinese lessons happen in the hours soon after students get to school at about six o’clock each morning. The school day ends for seventh and eighth graders at 4:50; ninth graders go home ...
