The Lost Daughters of China | Themes
Love
The Lost Daughters of China is a love story. Although Evans discusses the larger issues of China’s one-child policy, the book is primarily a human story rather than a political or sociological essay. The love story functions on several levels, and Evans takes care to emphasize all of them. Although she knows nothing at all of Kelly’s birth mother, she feels confident in making certain deductions. She believes that the mother gave up her daughter only with great reluctance and grief and that she placed her in the market to ensure she would be quickly found....
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