Factory Girls

Factory Girls

Rating:  Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang. Spiegel & Grau (2009), 436 pages. This book provides a multifaceted understanding of those three little words we cannot escape: “Made in China.” We think we have some...
Leaving Mother Lake

Leaving Mother Lake

Rating:  Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World, by Yang Erche Namu and Christine Mathieu. Back Bay Books (2004), 308 pages. Anybody who has fantasized about what life would be like in a completely matriarchal society needs to read this...