Follows the lives & experiences of various workers who came from the rural country to work in the factories of Dongguan. Also follows the life and experiences of the author and her family. I found both the stories of the young workers making it in the big city and the stories of the author's family being scattered by the wars of the 20th century to be very engaging. The author's family stories provided much of the historical background in Factory Girls, although the author seemed to be trying to connect her family's sojourns to those of China's migrant workers. There is a surprising amount of humor too.