Life, liberty, and being pursued by trauma

Qian Julie Wang’s memoir ‘Beautiful Country’ is all that a girl’s childhood should not be.

There exists a rare breed of people who were sent to this earth to write. They send you a work email, and it reads like a love letter. They copy-edit an advertisement and tears wander down your cheeks. And when they write a book, it is an unforgettable memoir like Qian Julie Wang’s ‘Beautiful Country.’ Even her preface is gorgeous: