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Beautiful Country: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood The New York Times Magazine something's changedIn Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to beautiful country. Yet when seven year old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qians parents were professors; in America, her family is illegal and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinatown, Qians parents labor in sweatshops. Instead of laughing at her