Thrust into the hands of a foreign journalist by her illiterate mother, Ma Yan's diary describes her struggles to attend school in a drought-stricken corner of rural China--a place where education is the only hope for overcoming a life of crushing poverty.
General Note: "Extras inside"--Cover."Tanslation copyright by Time Warner book group UK 2004"--T.p. verso."Originally published in France by Editions Ramsay, 2002"--T.p. verso."The diaries were originally translated from the Mandarin by He Yanping.".