Chicken Feathers and Garlic Skin: Diary of a Chinese Garment Factory Girl on Saipan - Couverture souple

Wang, Ms Chun Yu; Goodridge, Walt FJ

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0974531340 ISBN 13 : 9780974531342

Editeur : Passion Profit Company, The/NicheMarket, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Wang Ms Chun Yu

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

DISTRIBUTED by Createspace, an Amazon.com company. It took a lot of courage for a 25-year-old girl from Wu Xi City in Jiang Shu province, China, who had never flown on a plane, and who had never left home before, to travel 2,000 miles to a foreign country in search of work. It took even more courage to stay once she discovered what life was really like for a factory girl on the island of Saipan in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Did she make the greatest mistake of her life? Like many girls, she came with dreams of a better future. Yes, the pay was better than in China, but at what price? Would the high pressure of 15-hour quota-driven days of tedious, mind and finger-numbing work get to her? Or would the greedy floor monitors, and scam-artists preying on lonely, naive women rob her not just of her income, but of her innocence as well? At every turn, there were wolves ahead and tigers behind that threatened her dreams of happiness. Could she learn Saipan's secret factory system and get ahead before she lost it all? Could she save money, save face, and return to China better off? Would she even want to, given the real reason she left China in the first place? Chicken Feathers and Garlic Skin is Chun Yu Wang's 9-year journey on the island of Saipan. It is an inspiring and enlightening tale of determination, disappointment, justice, and triumph, and the only known first-hand account and diary of a Saipan factory girl's life. Chicken Feathers and Garlic Skin is told in her own words--simple, yet full of profound insights, from an entirely untainted perspective. It is told without the bias of reporters, journalists, case workers, human rights activists or western worldviews. Chun Yu's words reveal a natural storyteller's love of the art, and an attention to detail that makes Chicken Feathers and Garlic Skin a rare, emotional, memorable experience you'll want to share again and again.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Chun Yu Wang is originally from Wuxi, China. She arrived on the island of Saipan, in the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, in 2000 to work in a garment factory. This is her story.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Passion Profit Company, The/NicheMarket
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0974531340
• ISBN 13: 9780974531342
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196