Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins | 誠品線上

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins

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內容簡介 《我們最幸福》、《吃佛》作者芭芭拉．德米克重磅新作！ 一個令人心碎的故事，講述了中國一胎化政策與國際收養興起的背景下，雙胞胎姐妹被迫分離的經歷——來自《無可選擇的記憶》一書的作者，今天最重要的記者之一。「一本了不起的書。我真的是無法放下它。」——莉莎·西（Lisa See），《譚女士的女人圈》一書的《紐約時報》暢銷書作者「芭芭拉．德米克將我們社會中看似平凡的人類劇變，轉化為一部扣人心弦的史詩，講述了跨越大陸的後果。」——艾米莉·馮（Emily Feng），《讓紅花獨自盛開》一書的作者2000年9月的一個溫暖日子，在中國湖南省一座小屋裡，名叫詹華(Zanhua)的女子生下了雙胞胎女兒。雙胞胎芳芳(Fangfang)和雙潔(Shuangjie)是詹華家族中的新成員，但她們並非詹華的第一個孩子。生活在中國惡名昭彰的一胎化政策陰影下，詹華和丈夫決定將其中一個孩子交給親戚照顧，期望這樣的安排能讓孩子躲過社會監控。然而，2002年的某日，芳芳還是被政府從家人身邊奪走。家人擔心再也無法見到她，卻沒料到她會被送到遙遠的美國，芳芳彷彿被送到了另一個世界。芭芭拉．德米克在擔任《洛杉磯時報》北京分社社長期間即開始撰寫這個真實的故事，這個故事將開啟一段探索之旅，揭示中國一胎化政策的起源、殘酷現實以及長期影響；國際收養的興起及支撐它的宗教潮流；以及極為罕見的雙胞胎分離現象。如今，曾經的芳芳—埃絲特(Esther)—生活在德州，而德米克更將一個基督教家庭的故事生動呈現出來，這個家庭自覺招喚收養了芳芳，卻不知她是一個在自己國家裡被綁架的孩子。通過德米克不懈的報導，這對久別重逢的姐妹最終能團聚嗎？她們是否有機會體會「完整」為何物？Daughters of the Bamboo Grove不僅是對過去半世紀變動不居的中國及其最著名法律的長遠影響的深刻洞察，也是一個動人的故事，講述了兩姐妹在歷史洪流中被撕裂，並最終因為家庭的堅持和一位記者的執著工作重新相聚的經歷。The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy, one of today’s leading reporters“An amazing book. I truly couldn’t put it down.”—Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women“Barbara Demick turns the seemingly prosaic human dramas of our societies into a cinematic and heart-rending epic tale with consequences that cross continents.”—Emily Feng, author of Let Only Red Flowers BloomOn a warm day in September 2000, a woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut behind her brother’s home in China’s Hunan province. The twins, Fangfang and Shuangjie, were welcome additions to her family but also not her first children. Living under the shadow of China’s notorious one-child policy, Zanhua and her husband decided to leave one twin in the care of relatives, hoping each toddler on their own might stay under the radar. But, in 2002, Fangfang was violently snatched away. The family worried they would never see her again, but they didn’t imagine she could be sent as far as the United States. She might as well have been sent to another world.Following stories she wrote as the Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, Barbara Demick embarks on a journey that encompasses the origins, shocking cruelty, and long-term impact of China’s one-child rule; the rise of international adoption and the religious currents that buoyed it; and the exceedingly rare phenomenon of twin separation. Today, Esther—formerly Fangfang—lives in Texas, and Demick brings to vivid life the Christian family that felt called to adopt her, unaware that she had been kidnapped. Through Demick’s indefatigable reporting, will the long-lost sisters finally reunite—and will they feel whole again?A remarkable window into the volatile, constantly changing China of the last half century and the long-reaching legacy of the country’s most infamous law, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove is also the moving story of two sisters torn apart by the forces of history and brought together again by their families’ determination and one reporter’s dogged work.

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作者介紹 Barbara DemickBarbara Demick is the author of Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town, named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times; Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award and the winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize in the United Kingdom; and Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She is a former foreign correspondent who covered Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, most recently as China bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, the New York Public Library, and Princeton University.

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