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Turtle Creek Books, The Beloit College - FALL Aug 2010 | ||
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The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl (Reprint Edition) by Ma Yan, Pierre (Editor) Haski, Lisa Appignanesi, Yanping He Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-06-076498-8 / 0060764988 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-076498-2 / 9780060764982 "I'm so hungry, I could eat anything. Anything at all." In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But for Ma Yan, money is scarce, and the low wages paid for backbreaking work aren't always |