More Than One Child: Memoirs of an Illegal Daughter by Shen Yang

More Than One Child: Memoirs of an Illegal Daughter

Shen Yang with Nicky Harman (Translator)

280 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
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‘I broke a law simply by being born.’ In the late 1980s, Shen Yang was born during the fiercest years of China’s One-Child Policy. As the second daughter of the family, she was a massive liability – an excess child, a product of illegal birth. Fro...

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informative 100%
emotional 57%
sad 57%
reflective 42%
dark 28%
hopeful 28%
inspiring 28%
challenging 14%
funny 14%
tense 14%

Pace

medium 60%
fast 40%

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