Written from the perspective of a daughter, this is the story of one mother and her immediate surroundings — a window into the challenging social processes affecting modern China. A crystal-clear, candid narrative about those who — unnoticed by many of...
us — keep the world around us clean and orderly, and about how much many of those who dedicate themselves to this "easy" — and fatally underestimated — work have to sacrifice in life. The book made it into the lists of the best non-fiction publications of 2023 according to Shenzhen Reading Month, Nandu, Tencent Good Books, and Asia Weekly. Zhang Xiaoman received the Blade Book Award 2023 as the best non-fiction author.
Written from the perspective of a daughter, this is the story of one mother and her immediate surroundings — a window into the challenging social processes affecting modern China.
A crystal-clear, candid narrative about those who — unnoticed by many of us — keep the world around us clean and orderly, and about how much many of those who dedicate themselves to this "easy" — and fatally underestimated — work have to sacrifice in life.
The book made it into the lists of the best non-fiction publications of 2023 according to Shenzhen Reading Month, Nandu, Tencent Good Books, and Asia Weekly.
Zhang Xiaoman received the Blade Book Award 2023 as the best non-fiction author.
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