Barbara Demick
@BarbaraDemick
AUTHOR: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town; Nothing to Envy (N. Korea),Logavina Street (Bosnia)
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove. Among the top 25 books of 2025, according to the New York Times. "This story packs a wallop." Kindle special $5.99. amazon.com/Daughters-Bamb…
New York Times Editors' Choice.... Daughters of the Bamboo Grove "The story packs a wallop."
Really interesting hour long discussion about China's stolen children and my book, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove. Fascinating questions from adoptive parents. kqed.org/forum/20101019…
Not exactly light summer reading but... (I'm in there scroll down)ft.com/content/b649f9…
'The very best kind of nonfiction' A glowing write up of DAUGHTERS OF THE BAMBOO GROVE by @BarbaraDemick in the @ObserverUK Read here observer.co.uk/culture/books/…
Excellent. Just bought two copies as birthday presents. The book is as close as my gang will get to yachts....
If the acoustics are okay, let's rent that boat on the book cover and record this week's pod there with @JaneMayerNYer. You should expense it.
If the acoustics are okay, let's rent that boat on the book cover and record this week's pod there with @JaneMayerNYer. You should expense it.
Congrats to great colleague/fellow podcaster @eosnos on his new book out today with the best title: ‘The Haves and Have-Yachts,’ a summer must read for these oligarchic times>>>
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: China’s Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins by Barbara Demick - review by Rana Mitter literaryreview.co.uk/tale-of-two-si… via @Lit_Review (I love Rana Mitter's writing so very pleased, sorry pay walled)
Next Saturday morning
#JFSALON #RSVP Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins Speaker: Barbara Demick @BarbaraDemick Moderator: Edward Wong @ewong 5/31 Sat, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, English Barbara Demick speaks of her reporting in…
"Demick’s characters are richly drawn, and her stories, often reported over a span of years, deliver a rare emotional wallop." New York Times today on my new book #DaughtersoftheBambooGrove nytimes.com/2025/05/24/boo…
In 2009, I interviewed a Chinese man who daughter was stolen by local officials. She was found in Indiana. This is her story. newyorker.com/news/american-…
Truly riveting read by @BarbaraDemick. “Does this mean he has been searching for me?” Mia asked. “He has been. Desperately.” newyorker.com/news/american-…
How China’s Adoption Market Led to Child Trafficking | China Books Review chinabooksreview.com/2025/05/22/chi…
"China had this one-child policy from 1980 till 2015. And, this was the time of, the thinking in the world was that humanity was going to devour the planet. There was this very influential book in the U.S., The Population Bomb, 'We're all gonna die of starvation', that came out…
My new book, my favorite bookstore. The Strand, May 19th, 7 pm on the eve of publication. strandbooks.com/events/event51…… @gabrielleglaser @penguinrandom @gadyepstein
My new book, my favorite bookstore. The Strand, May 19th, 7 pm on the eve of publication. strandbooks.com/events/event51… @gabrielleglaser @penguinrandom @gadyepstein
‘Daughters of the Bamboo Grove’ by journalist and National Book Award finalist @BarbaraDemick tells the heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy. On May 27, she and @jessbruder join NYPL to discuss. Register to attend: on.nypl.org/42MllUg
I love the illustration, smooths out all my defects....
China Desk host @YatesComms sat down with @BarbaraDemick to discuss her book, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, which uncovers one of the darkest corners of China’s one-child policy: the forced separation and international adoption of children. Read a summary of the interview:…
China Desk host @YatesComms sat down with @BarbaraDemick to discuss her book, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, which uncovers one of the darkest corners of China’s one-child policy: the forced separation and international adoption of children. Read a summary of the interview:…