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First published 2025

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

China’s Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins

by Barbara Demick

Women's Non-Fiction 2026 · Longlist NBCC Nonfiction 2025 · Finalist

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Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 Longlist
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction 2025 Finalist

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The New Yorker, the Best Books of 2025 No. 96

ISBN 9780593132746 · 9781783787227

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