China Homecoming
- Author Jean Fritz
- Narrator Susan Boyce
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 August 2013
- Run Time 3 hours and 34 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography.
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What to expect
China Homecoming is the sequel to Jean Fritz's Newbery Honor book Homesick: My Own Story. As a grown woman, Jean returned to China where she was born and lived until she was thirteen.
Speaking Chinese, Jean felt welcome when she revisited China. Memories of her childhood washed over her as she visited her old home and the British School she had attended. Both had changed just as history had changed her hometown of Wuhan, but listeners will be moved at what it meant to Jean when she was declared an honorary citizen.
Critics Review
u201cNarrator nSusan Boyce assumes the voice of the author in this concise, nenlightening memoir about the authoru2019s return to her childhood home in nChinau2026Her clear reading and modulated tones ncapture the authoru2019s diverse emotionsu2014from the hardship of leaving her nbirth country at age thirteen and her difficulties in feeling American to her nlonging, disappointment, and joy at her return to her native country. nBoyceu2019s dynamic reading also conveys the significance of many of Chinau2019sn historical events and cultural practices.u201d
u201cJean Fritzu2019s respect and deep affection for China, itsnpeople, and culture is evident throughout this fascinating, highly readablenjourneyu2026A book to be read and reread.u201d
u201cAn intriguing fusion of autobiography, history, and travelogueu2026A vivid portrait of a ndeveloping nation, and a reminder that history is people who live throughn events and then go on.u201d
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