The Cooked SeedAuthor :
Paperback
Published : Tuesday 7 May 2013
Description
In 1994, Anchee Min published Red Azalea, a memoir of growing up during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. It became an international bestseller. Twenty years later, Anchee Min returns to give us the next chapter, as she moves from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money or a clear path.Once in America, having gone through the gruelling immigration process, Anchee finds she is on her own. With indomitable spirit she teaches herself English by watching Sesame Street, works five jobs at once and sleeps in unheated rooms in desolate neighbourhoods. As well as her struggle to understand her new country - the food, the warm showers - Anchee suffers rape, collapses from exhaustion, marries poorly and divorces before giving birth to her daughter, Lauryann. Despite her tough, lonely journey, Anchee finds that it is Lauryann who will save her and root her, finally, in America.As a child, Anchee understood herself as a mere bolt on the great machine that was Communism; in America she learns how to succeed in a radically different culture despite bitter hardships and countless setbacks. The Cooked Seed is an unforgettable story.
You may also like ...
by
Paperback
15 Sep 2010
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
€8.13
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
07 May 2013
Memoirs
€15.20
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
14 Mar 2024
Thriller / suspense fiction
€11.69
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
07 Dec 2023
Anthologies: general
€17.54
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews