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Loading... A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the…by Sara Bongiorni
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. http://thenovelworld.com/2009/07/08/a... (  ) TheNovelWorld | Aug 18, 2009 |  I was ultimately disappointed with this book. I feel an opportunity to really explore the underlying issues concerning the ramifications of the world's dependence on cheap, low quality, Chinese manufactured goods was lost. So too was a discussion of its impact locally, in China, and most specifically, on its people and environment. The book simply devolved into a play-by-play account of how the author went about replacing Chinese goods with others, also mostly sourced from overseas and while this was interesting for a couple of chapters, it could not support a whole book. It seemed Bongiorni was actively avoiding offending anyone and was boycotting Chinese goods for a year simply to see if it could be done. So what? (  )1  rubyredbooks | Jun 24, 2009 | Came across the Chinese version (Taiwan) of the book and was intrigued, so I tried to find the original English version. The author never did really explain why she started the whole boycott in the first place, and from what I can tell, it made just about as much sense as the American boycott of French products (due to France's criticism of the Iraq War) or, let's face it, the Chinese boycott of the same. (Poor France.) As such, the book seems to have been published not because it was substantial or meaningful, but because China was a hot topic and the publisher was hoping to make a quick buck. There was no deeper insight to be gained from this whole exercise, precisely because the author never attempted to offer any. In the end, this might have made an interesting blog, but it wasn't that worthwhile of a book. (  ) litalex | Feb 6, 2009 | Could you imagine going for an entire year without buying anything that was made in China? That is what the author and her family decide to do. This book chronicles their struggles ... from buying children's shoes to getting toner for the printer. It was also interesting to hear about the lengths she went to to stay true to her quest. I defy anyone to read this book without becoming aware of just how many of the products you use everyday come from China. I found myself picking up just about everything I wore or used after reading this book to see where it was made. Although the book has some commentary about the global economy and the impact of so many of our consumer goods being made in China, it is more of a personal story about one family's experiences. (  )1 Jenners26 | Dec 12, 2008 | This is a story of one family's year long experiment in global awareness via retail shopping. As a result of media influences and too much acquisition over Christmas, a family decides to go China-free for the following 12 months. Knowing this to be a live test, they soon learn their friends and family are not as supportive as they assumed. A lighthearted read, it raises awareness of how much of retail America is not profiting America at all. This is a fun entertaining read that will end the end if you're not careful make you a label reader too! Does the experiment last the year or continue for years to come? You'll have to read to find out! ( ) readit2 | Aug 31, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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