Born American
Subtitle: a Chinese woman's dream of liberty
By: Sasha Gong
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Nimble Books LLC
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781934840900
Subjects: History; Personal narratives
Description: Sasha Gong tells of her dramatic journey to America from the People's Republic of China to escape political persecution, to achieve personal freedom and to pursue happiness.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: American Dream...with an Accent --; title: Phone Call from Hell --; title: My fantasy about an Orphanage --; title: Grandma's Gold Mountain--; title: No Escape --; title: Being a Daughter --; title: Mother --; title: Skepticism --; title: Resisting a Nap --; title: Fallen Hero --; title: Intermission Between City Lights --; title: Circus Without Bread --; title: It Smelled of Mortality --; title: Slap on My face --; title: Defining Moment --; title: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness --; title: Call it a Victory --; title: My Secret Garden --; title: I Am Not What I Am --; title: Rebel With a Cause --; title: Friendship and Camaraderie --; title: Heaven and Earth --; title: Prisoner in My House --; title: Reversal of Fortune --; title: Freedom Within --; title: My Way Out --; title: We, the Jail Birds --; title: Epilogue: Becoming American -- -- Appendix I:; title: Chronology of China in the Twentieth Century -- -- Appendix II:; title: Chronology of Sasha gong