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Mei Mei Little Sister: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage


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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Average Customer Ratings: 4.04.04.04.04.0

The Chinese believe an unseen red thread joins those in this life who are destined to connect. For photographer Richard Bowen, that thread led him to China's state-run welfare institutions, where there are thousands of children, primarily girls, growing up without families to take care of them. Mei Mei presents a poignant glimpse of just a few of these remarkable children. Composed against neutral backgrounds, these portraits capture the girls’ inner lives, away from their often bleak surroundings. The images show an almost endless range of expressions: small faces filled with longing and hope, joy and sadness, humor and mischief, defiance and despair. Through the camera's eye these young children are no longer orphans, but individuals whose personalities are as vital, distinct, and beautiful as any mother's child. When that unique human being comes into focus, the connection is made and the red thread becomes visible. And once seen, the bond can never be broken.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.25092
EAN: 9780811847346
Feature: ISBN13: 9780811847346
ISBN: 0811847349
Label: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2005-07-21
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Studio: Chronicle Books


FEATURES:

• ISBN13: 9780811847346
• Condition: USED - Good
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• National Geographic - China's Lost Girls
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating: 11111
Summary: Depressing; do NOT show to your adopted children!
Comment: I agree with the two reviewers above about this book being entirely too depressing and exploitive. All the photos of crying children, injured children and helpless children are just not something I nor my family enjoy looking at; we get enough of that in the daily news. Had this book been a written account of the childrens' individual lives and hardships, then maybe it would have been informative and educational reading. But this book includes very little text and absolutely no insight into the children who were photographed. It's almost as if the orphanage director and the photographer forced these poor souls against their will to pose, then pinched their arms to make them cry for the camera. If the goal of Half the Sky Foundation was to frighten adoptive parents into coughing up more donations to "save" Chinese children, then they have arguable succeeded. But I just cannot believe that anyone who has ever purchased this book has looked through it more than once before shelving it. I instead suggest donating directly to orphanages, but if you still want to buy this book, just keep it far out of reach from children under 10 lest it traumatize them. My own three adopted children (ages 5, 8 and 13) especially love looking through Tom Carter's CHINA: Portrait of a People, which includes a great many photographs of Chinese children of all walks of life from across the 33 provinces. I highly suggest it for educating your adopted Chinese children about their motherland through photos.

Customer Rating: 55555
Summary: Beautiful book
Comment: This book is great for anyone who enjoys portrait photography OR the plight of Chinese orphan girls. I liked it so much I bought one for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day, and she enjoyed it immensely. It tugs at the heart of any loving parent.

Customer Rating: 44444
Summary: Children's rights?
Comment: These are poignant pictures. Now imagine seeing your child's photo everywhere. Imagine your child is on the cover. This book is painful for some families.


Customer Rating: 44444
Summary: Chinese Portraits
Comment: This book is all pictures of children in orphanages and epitomizes the images of the children we saw when we went to get our daughter from China....They are so beautiful without even saying a word...Thanks for a great product.

Customer Rating: 44444
Summary: A book that stirs action
Comment: This book was given to me as a gift by someone who knew I have a strong bond with children from China. Each page I turned brought memories flooding back of the time I spent caring for children just like these, behind the walls of the secretive orphanage. Some of the haunting expressions are reminders of those I saw on a daily basis. When I feel my memories of China fading, I pull out the book to take me back. I believe a person cannot look through it and avoid being stirred to action to do something to help the cause of lost children in China.

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