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- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
- Book
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- ISBN
- 9780826219428
- Book Title
- Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge : a Journey to My Daughter's Birthplace in China
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Travel
- Topic
- Women, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood, Asia / China, Adoption & Fostering
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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In this sequel to Meeting Sophie , which tells the story of adopting Sophie as a single woman, Nancy McCabe picks up her family's story a decade later on a tour of China for adopted children. McCabe hopes that Sophie will find affirmation and connection in China, even as she sees firsthand some of the grim realities--overpopulation, pollution, and an oppressive government--but also worries about what that will mean for their relationship. Part travelogue, part memoir, Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge immerses readers in an absorbing and intimate exploration of place and its influence on the meaning of family.
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Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
082621942x
ISBN-13
9780826219428
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038707143
Product Key Features
Book Title
Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge : a Journey to My Daughter's Birthplace in China
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood, Asia / China, Adoption & Fostering
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Travel
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Additional Product Features
Grade from
Third Grade
Edition Number
2
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"Nancy McCabe has written one of the most compelling books I've ever read. I read it on the plane, on the train, on vacation, at every opportunity till I'd gobbled it up. Here is a truthful story for every parent and child about their love, hope, and frustration with one another."-Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette "In this heartfelt memoir, McCabe shares a touching journey as she travels to China to introduce her adopted daughter to the places and people from her past. The resulting story radiates wisdom about cross-cultural connections, while acknowledging the struggles of child-rearing. Blue Willow Bridge offers lessons in love and patience that will apply not only to mothers and fathers of adopted children, but to all parents. "-Laura Brodie, author of One Good Year: A Mother and Daughter's Educational Adventure. "With lyrical sensitivity and frank humor, the author of Meeting Sophie explores the myriad logistical and emotional facets of international adoption. Nancy McCabe is keenly aware of the challenge in reconciling her daughter's American and Chinese identities, as they travel to Sophie's birthplace-a journey that's less a closure than an aperture. Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge is a brave, balanced, nuanced narrative, offering a complex answer to the simple question: what is home?"-Sarah Saffian, author of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found " In prose both graceful and unsentimental, Nancy McCabe tells the story of the search for identity and the yearning for connection that is at the core of the mother-daughter relationship. As she returns to her adoptive daughter's birthplace, as she struggles with the cultural divide she sees at home, as she watches her daughter, a budding gymnast, 'throw herself into empty space toward the high bar,' McCabe learns both to love and to let go. This is a book for every mother, adoptive and biological, who watches her daughter with love, awe-and bated breath."-Lauren Kessler, author of My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A Journey through the Thicket of Adolescence , "Nancy McCabe has written one of the most compelling books I've ever read. I read it on the plane, on the train, on vacation, at every opportunity till I'd gobbled it up. Here is a truthful story for every parent and child about their love, hope, and frustration with one another."--Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette "In this heartfelt memoir, McCabe shares a touching journey as she travels to China to introduce her adopted daughter to the places and people from her past. The resulting story radiates wisdom about cross-cultural connections, while acknowledging the struggles of child-rearing. Blue Willow Bridge offers lessons in love and patience that will apply not only to mothers and fathers of adopted children, but to all parents. "--Laura Brodie, author of One Good Year: A Mother and Daughter's Educational Adventure. "With lyrical sensitivity and frank humor, the author of Meeting Sophie explores the myriad logistical and emotional facets of international adoption. Nancy McCabe is keenly aware of the challenge in reconciling her daughter's American and Chinese identities, as they travel to Sophie's birthplace--a journey that's less a closure than an aperture. Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge is a brave, balanced, nuanced narrative, offering a complex answer to the simple question: what is home?"--Sarah Saffian, author of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found " In prose both graceful and unsentimental, Nancy McCabe tells the story of the search for identity and the yearning for connection that is at the core of the mother-daughter relationship. As she returns to her adoptive daughter's birthplace, as she struggles with the cultural divide she sees at home, as she watches her daughter, a budding gymnast, 'throw herself into empty space toward the high bar,' McCabe learns both to love and to let go. This is a book for every mother, adoptive and biological, who watches her daughter with love, awe--and bated breath."--Lauren Kessler, author of My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A Journey through the Thicket of Adolescence, "Nancy McCabe has written one of the most compelling books I've ever read. I read it on the plane, on the train, on vacation, at every opportunity till I'd gobbled it up. Here is a truthful story for every parent and child about their love, hope, and frustration with one another."--Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette "In this heartfelt memoir, McCabe shares a touching journey as she travels to China to introduce her adopted daughter to the places and people from her past. The resulting story radiates wisdom about cross-cultural connections, while acknowledging the struggles of child-rearing. Blue Willow Bridge offers lessons in love and patience that will apply not only to mothers and fathers of adopted children, but to all parents. "--Laura Brodie, author of One Good Year: A Mother and Daughter's Educational Adventure. "With lyrical sensitivity and frank humor, the author of Meeting Sophie explores the myriad logistical and emotional facets of international adoption. Nancy McCabe is keenly aware of the challenge in reconciling her daughter's American and Chinese identities, as they travel to Sophie's birthplace--a journey that's less a closure than an aperture. Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge is a brave, balanced, nuanced narrative, offering a complex answer to the simple question: what is home?"--Sarah Saffian, author of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found " In prose both graceful and unsentimental, Nancy McCabe tells the story of the search for identity and the yearning for connection that is at the core of the mother-daughter relationship. As she returns to her adoptive daughter's birthplace, as she struggles with the cultural divide she sees at home, as she watches her daughter, a budding gymnast, 'throw herself into empty space toward the high bar,' McCabe learns both to love and to let go. This is a book for every mother, adoptive and biological, who watches her daughter with love, awe--and bated breath."--Lauren Kessler, author of My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A Journey through the Thicket of Adolescence , "Nancy McCabe has written one of the most compelling books I've ever read. I read it on the plane, on the train, on vacation, at every opportunity till I'd gobbled it up. Here is a truthful story for every parent and child about their love, hope, and frustration with one another."--Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette "In this heartfelt memoir, McCabe shares a touching journey as she travels to China to introduce her adopted daughter to the places and people from her past. The resulting story radiates wisdom about cross-cultural connections, while acknowledging the struggles of child-rearing. Blue Willow Bridge offers lessons in love and patience that will apply not only to mothers and fathers of adopted children, but to all parents. "--Laura Brodie, author of One Good Year: A Mother and Daughter's Educational Adventure. "With lyrical sensitivity and frank humor, the author of Meeting Sophie explores the myriad logistical and emotional facets of international adoption. Nancy McCabe is keenly aware of the challenge in reconciling her daughter's American and Chinese identities, as they travel to Sophie's birthplace--a journey that's less a closure than an aperture. Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge is a brave, balanced, nuanced narrative, offering a complex answer to the simple question: what is home?"--Sarah Saffian, author of Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found " In prose both graceful and unsentimental, Nancy McCabe tells the story of the search for identity and the yearning for connection that is at the core of the mother-daughter relationship. As she returns to her adoptive daughter's birthplace, as she struggles with the cultural divide she sees at home, as she watches her daughter, a budding gymnast, 'throw herself into empty space toward the high bar,' McCabe learns both to love and to let go. This is a book for every mother, adoptive and biological, who watches her daughter with love, awe--and bated breath."--Lauren Kessler, author of My Teenage Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A Journey through the Thicket of Adolescence, "Nancy McCabe has written one of the most compelling books I've ever read. I read it on the plane, on the train, on vacation, at every opportunity till I'd gobbled it up. Here is a truthful story for every parent and child about their love, hope, and frustration with one another."-- Sena Jeter Naslund , author of Ahab's Wife and Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette
Copyright Date
2011
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