{"id":7675,"date":"1997-03-02T11:09:40","date_gmt":"1997-03-02T15:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7675"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:35","slug":"american-visa-by-wang-ping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/american-visa-by-wang-ping\/","title":{"rendered":"American Visa by Wang Ping [in What Do I Read Next? 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She endures &#8220;reeducation&#8221; at a remote village labor camp, gets herself into college, and eventually immigrates to the U.S., becoming the sole source of hope for new life for the family she leaves behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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She endures &#8220;reeducation&#8221; at a remote village labor camp, gets herself into college, and eventually immigrates to the U.S., becoming the sole source of hope for new life for the family she leaves behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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