Beautiful Country: A Memoir

Beautiful Country is an extraordinary memoir that puts listeners in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world.

Through the eyes of a seven-year-old Qian, readers will experience the overwhelming fear and scarcity of their new life in America.

Despite the challenges, Qian finds joy in small pleasures like her first bite of pizza and weekly "shopping days" where she discovers treasures in the trash lining Brooklyn's streets.

But when Qian's headstrong Ma Ma collapses, revealing an illness she has kept secret for months, Qian must hold onto her father's constant refrain: Whatever happens, say that you were born here, that you've always lived here.

This memoir is a powerful and moving account of resilience and hope in the face of adversity.