Having read Nothing to Envy, also by Barbara Demick, many years ago I was quick to purchase this signed hardback as soon as it landed in the bookshop.
Before reading this book I thought I knew about the one child policy in China.
This book is an eye opener! When I read what was actually happening with the babies it broke my heart.
The family featured in this book were separated by the policy, but then an unforgiveable thing happened while the child was with the auntie.
This appears from Barbara Demick’s research to most definitely not be an isolated incident. So many families have had children taken from them in so many ways.
Children, foreign money. orphanages, one child policy have all come together in a dreadful way to separate so many children from their parents.
Many of these children will never be reunited.
When you consider how many children died as a result of this policy it is just heart breaking.
Highly recommend this read.

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