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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part39.utf8:242603730:1992
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01992cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2012288113
003 DLC
005 20141213083407.0
008 120925s2012 nyub b 000 0ceng d
010 $a 2012288113
020 $a9781590208991
020 $a1590208994
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn759173570
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dBDX$dYDXCP$dM$K$dKNJ$dCDX$dABG$dGRPVE$dOCLCQ$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aDS706$b.A77 2012
082 04 $a951.061$223
100 1 $aArrington, Aminta.
245 10 $aHome is a roof over a pig :$ban American family's journey in China /$cAminta Arrington.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bOverlook Press,$c2012.
300 $a319 p. :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [315]-316).
505 0 $aGate -- Home -- Teach -- Population -- Learn -- The exam -- Winter -- Mountains, water -- Foreign -- Independence -- Mount Tai -- Words -- God -- Countryside -- Return -- Familiar -- Same -- Tired -- Contradiction -- Identity -- Cold -- Christmas -- Unique -- The Kitchen God -- Silk -- Hong Kong -- Egg -- Language -- The West -- Woman -- Sports -- Freedom -- Relationships.
520 $aA military wife, university instructor, and mother of three children including an adopted Chinese daughter recounts her experiences while stationed in a small town in China, where her efforts to adapt are challenged by propaganda-related belief systems and her family's decidedly American perspectives.
600 10 $aArrington, Aminta.
600 10 $aArrington, Aminta$xFamily.
650 0 $aAmericans$zChina$zTai'an (Shandong Sheng)
651 0 $aChina$xSocial life and customs$y21st century.
650 0 $aAdopted children.
651 0 $aTai'an (Shandong Sheng, China)$vBiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1301/2012288113-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1301/2012288113-d.html