A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future
“A modern, insightful look at the often impossible situations immigrants must often do to survive.” —Good Morning America
As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family's garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homewo...
“A modern, insightful look at the often impossible situations immigrants must often do to survive.” —Good Morning America
As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family's garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homewo...






















