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Author Arrington, Aminta

Title Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China / Aminta Arrington

Publisher New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2012

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 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 915.1 A776h 2012    AVAILABLE  
Phys Descr 319 pages : map ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-316)
Contents Gate -- Home -- Teach -- Population -- Learn -- The exam -- Winter -- Mountains, water -- Foreign -- Independence -- Mount Tai -- Words -- God -- Countryside -- Return -- Familiar -- Same -- Tired -- Contradiction -- Identity -- Cold -- Christmas -- Unique -- The Kitchen God -- Silk -- Hong Kong -- Egg -- Language -- The West -- Woman -- Sports -- Freedom -- Relationships
Summary A military wife, university instructor, and mother of three children including an adopted Chinese daughter recounts her experiences while stationed in a small town in China, where her efforts to adapt are challenged by propaganda-related belief systems and her family's decidedly American perspectives
Subject Arrington, Aminta
Arrington, Aminta -- Family
Americans -- China -- Tai'an (Shandong Sheng)
China -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Adopted children
Tai'an (Shandong Sheng, China) -- Biography
OCLC # 759173570
ISBN # 9781590208991
1590208994