The Cooked Seed documentary
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The Cooked Seed documentary
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- May 2013 - In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with Red Azalea, her memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. The story left off as she fled her homeland, but a whole new life was just beginning. Nearly twenty years later, Anchee has written the next chapter. From the shocking deprivations of Communism, Anchee is transported to America, with its bounty she still can’t access—with no English, no money, and no clear path. Anchee teaches herself the language by watching Sesame Street, keeps herself afloat working five jobs at once, and sleeps in unheated rooms in desolate neighborhoods. Lonely, struggling financially, and fearful of her visa expiring, she marries badly and then divorces, taking on the challenge of raising her daughter, Lauryann, as a single mother. But it is her dream for Lauryann’s future that will give her the courage and strength to endure. The story of Anchee’s eventual success—as a mother, a wife, a writer, and a woman—is an immigrant story that illuminates so many things we take for granted. And it is a universal story, about moving forward until you find a path – or find you’ve been blazing one all along. |
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- Published in Thirty-Two Languages and English - Red Azalea was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year & won The Carl Sandburg Award Red Azalea, Becoming Madame Mao and the Empress Orchid were National Bestsellers. Empress Orchid was a finalist for the British Book Awards
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Anchee Min at the 2010 National Book Festival in Washington D.C.
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