Moying Li has won a Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction for her memoir SNOW FALLING IN SPRING (FSG).
SNOW FALLING IN SPRING traces Li's coming of age in China during the Cultural Revolution and her eventual emigration to the U.S. in her 20s.
Congratulations, Moying!
To read the press release and find out about the other award winners, click here.
Winner of the International Reading Association's 2009 Children's & Young Adult's Book Award.
“At its essence, this is a book about the value of reading—to escape, to learn, to be sustained and to grow.” —The New York Times Book Review
"“Snow Falling in Spring joins other important books about the Cultural Revolution . . . as childhood testimonies to national trauma, cautionary tales for our own time, and appreciations for homes, old and new.” —San Francisco Chronicle
