{"product_id":"dragon-blossoms-linda-bevis-9780984512805","title":"Dragon Blossoms: An Adoptive Family's Year in China","description":"Linda Bevis, an American teacher and lawyer, first lived in Beijing in 1983. Twenty-five years later, Bevis, her playwright husband, and her young Chinese-born daughter return to China. Aware of the necessity for adopted families to connect with the birth culture, Bevis and her family delve into Chinese community, schools, language, theater, and return to the Jiangsu orphanage where Leyla Fu-Chi spent her early months. In the year preceding the Beijing Olympics, much is said of China, both good and bad. Bevis' journals offer an inside view not usually heard in the West. While writing about pollution, censorship, and human rights violations, she also portrays her Chinese friends and students as diverse, intelligent, kind people with awareness of past injustices, pride in their country, and hope for the Olympics. Tolerant but honest, balancing maternal and pedagogical concerns with cultural awareness and respect for China's traditions, Bevis' careful reflections reveal a complex, diverse, and surprising China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Bevis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984512802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984512805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whole World Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.67d","brand":"Linda Bevis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441477628159,"sku":"9780984512805","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b97e545-87bb-4ec0-8a5a-edd481209842.jpg?v=1777191151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dragon-blossoms-linda-bevis-9780984512805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}