Although I have only read Chapter 2 of this story, I can't wait to read more- and cry it all out. WarHorse might be touching, but I think you can't even bear to read this book. This is one of the many things that the author had said in her foreword:
"I find it hard to believe when I see adopted Chinese girls asking their Australian parents in English what the Spring Festival is."
I find it sad that they have lost their identity!
When the author went to a village in the Yimeng Mountain province, a woman asked her, "Have you ever 'done' a baby girl?" The author was totally bewildered. After much confusion, the author found out that 'doing' a baby girl meant to drown it at birth. It was only common in small villages where people were not educated and thought that 'you do not count as a human being unless you have a son'.
However, we know that in order to have offspring, we need a couple, and a couple consists of a male and a female. If the people in small villages kill all the baby girls, how do they carry on the family lineage? I seriously, seriously, seriously don't understand!!!!
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