Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America Fiction_Gift_Guide Like George Washington and his

Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar

After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms

being in a punk “girl band” in those years was not a simple or safe prospect

But it won't change things at home-not without each other's help

Both works are replete with shocking juxtapositions

Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America Fiction_Gift_Guide Like George Washington and hisLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION From New Yorker writer Michael Luo comes a masterful narrative history of the Chinese in America that traces the sorrowful theme of exclusion and documents their more than century long struggle to belong. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, BOSTON GLOBE, BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK, KIRKUS REVIEWS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, CHINA BOOKS REVIEW "A story