Thrust into the hands of a foreign journalist by her illiterate mother, Ma Yan's diary describes her struggles to attend school in a drought-stricken corner of rural China--a place where education is the only hope for overcoming a life of crushing poverty.
Details
ISBN:0060764988
Physical Description:166, 11 p. : ill., map, photos ; 20 cm.
Edition:1st American ed.
Publisher:New York :Collins,2005.
General Note:
"The diaries were originally translated from the Mandarin by He Yanping.".
"Originally published in France by Editions Ramsay, 2002"--T.p. verso.
"Tanslation copyright by Time Warner book group UK 2004"--T.p. verso.