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Aminta Arrington Home Is a Roof Over a Pig

An American Family's Journey in China

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ABRAMS, Inc. (Ignition)

2012

EPub
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978-1-4683-0419-0

1-4683-0419-4

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';[A] down-to-earth memoir chronicling her family's stint in the Chinese province of Shandong on the eve of the Beijing Olympics' (Publishers Weekly). When Aminta Arrington moves with her husband and three young children (including a daughter adopted from China) from suburban Georgia to Tai'an, a city where donkeys share the road with cars, the family is bewildered by seemingly endless cultural differences large and small. But with the help of new friends, they soon find their way. Full of humor and unexpectedly moving moments, Home Is a Roof Over a Pig recounts a transformative quest with a freshness that will delight. ';A brutally honest and fascinating peek at life for an American family living in a foreign country. I was engrossed in the story as Arrington used her humor, and ultimately understanding and flexibility to survive, realize, and eventually love the contradictory land of China.' Kay Bratt, bestselling author of Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage ';The power of Aminta Arrington's Home Is a Roof Over a Pig is you can see both sides of the ';China coin' from itsomething most people won't get just by traveling through, or only by hearing about China in Western languages. Read it, it will help you dip into the real China.' Xinran, author of The Good Women of China ';A military wife turned ESL instructor's sharp-eyed account of how the adoption of a Chinese baby girl led to her family's life-changing decision to live and work in rural China... Candid and heartfelt.' Kirkus Reviews

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