Overall, this is a fantastic memoir. I can't think of any other memoir that I've encountered where the author shares such a vulnerable part of her life - being a young, undocumented Chinese immigrant in New York. 

Wang truly showed all of her vulnerabilities that a young child can have. Insecurities in learning a new language while trying to adapt to an entirely different way of life is something that most of us cannot relate to. 

This story will stay with me for awhile as I regularly find that stories that about survival, upheaval, and endurance  are ones that I find myself thinking about constantly and will usually recommend to everyone.

I would've given this five stars if the pacing would've been a little more consistent. While I understand that Wang was writing this from the perspective of her child self and children that age do not have consistent pacing, tighter pacing would've cleaned it up just a bit more.

I think it is worth mentioning because I've seen many other reviews complaining about it - that this is a memoir, not an autobiography. A memoir covers a chunk of time in someone's life while an autobiography usually covers a person's entire life.