Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China
8 best books like Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China (Kay Ann Johnson): Uncle Tom's Cabin, Saving Fish from Drowning, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Lost Daughters of China, Roll of thunder, hear my cry: By Mildred D. Taylor (Exploring literature), China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood, The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters, No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results
| Author | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies surrounding its anti-slavery sentiments. In fact, it is a compelling adventure story with richly drawn characters and has earned a place in both literary and American history. Stowe's puritanical religious...
Saving Fish from Drowning
San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses,...
WARNING: This review contains a discussion of the c-word, and I plan to use it. Please don't read this if you do not want to see the word spelled out. Thanks.
This is less a review than an homage to my crazy mother (now I have you really intrigued, don't I?)
It was 1983, and I was in my first...
| Author | Karin Evans |
| ISBN | 1585421170 |
The author, Karin Evans, blends the story of adopting her daughter with an exploration of the conditions in China (e.g., poverty, the so-called "one child" policy) that have led to orphanages being filled with baby girls. I found parts of the book fascinating and eye-opening, but overall, I was left...
| Author | Carmela M. Krueser |
| ISBN | 1558630414 |
About the Author: "I do not know how old I was when the daydreams became more than that, and I decided to write them down, but by the time I entered high school, I was confident that I would one day be a writer." -- Mildred D. Taylor
Newbery Award-winning author, Mildred D. Taylor, was born in...
"After eighteen years together, Christine and I are down to our last hour as a couple. By dinner we will be a threesome. It seems strange to stand so firmly atop a generational fault line, to know that in an hour you'll be a parent, to understand that your old life is disappearing before your eyes, that a new...
The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
| Author | Emily Esfahani Smith |
| ISBN | 0553419994 |
This wise, stirring book argues that the search for meaning can immeasurably deepen our lives and is far more fulfilling than the pursuit of personal happiness.
There is a myth in our culture that the search for meaning is some esoteric pursuit that you have to travel to a distant monastery or...
No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results
The New York Times bestselling author of Reality-Based Leadership rejects the current fad of "engaging" employees and the emotional drama of "meeting their needs"--returning leadership to leaders and productivity to businesses.
For years now, leaders in almost every industry have accepted...
