SOMEDAY WE WILL FLY by Rachel DeWoskin Performers in the Warsaw Circus must flee for their lives from the Nazis. As they flee to Shanghai, Lillia’s mother is lost. She and father left with no choice, continue to Shanghai where Jews are being offered safety, but not an easy life. As the Japanese draw...
I loved this book. It was the perfect cure for the book hangover I had when I begged a group of friends for recommendations. Even though the author's experience takes place about 20 years prior to my own, her descriptions are SO relatable - even though she was in China and I'm in South Korea. Of cou...
Beschreibung auf dem Bückrücken: Kann man mit sechzehn kleinwüchsig und trotzdem glücklich sein? Gibt es ein Leben nach der allerschlimmsten YouTube-Schande? Bis sie das herausgefunden hat, bleibt Judy lieber in ihrem Versteck in einem Motel und erzählt von dort aus, was ihr passiert ist. Ein beißen...
At 16 years old Judy Loden is a precocious young girl; witty, smart, and a voice that could knock you over. She is also 3 ft 9 in tall and has convinced her parents to let her attend the the prestigious Ann Arbor Darcy Arts Academy. Life isn't exactly easy when you're a little person, but Judy han...
A fascinating memoir of life in Beijing during the last half of the 1990’s. Rachel DoWoskin had just graduated from college with a degree in English and a love of poetry when she moved to Beijing to take a job that didn’t completely suit her, working for a PR firm trying to persuade the Chinese to t...
Looking forward to this. Really liked DeWoskin's Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China.
This book was really funny and a very interesting read. I think I waited too long to review it because now I'm forgetting details, but it was a very enjoyable read!
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