Writing about the transformations that China?s migrant workers undergo when they set out for the cities was also a transformative experience for Leslie T. Chang, the author of ?Factory Girls.?
?I learned how to write in a different way [than business writing] and realized that I liked it much better,? she says. ?I could pour my heart into a 5,000-word magazine story, but to pour my heart into an 800-word piece about auditing retail regulations? I couldn?t do that again.?
Business writing?s loss has been narrative non-fiction?s gain.
First published in 2008, ?Factory Girls? made it onto many major ?year?s best books? lists, including those compiled by ?Time? and ?The New York Times.?
Source: http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/play/leslie-t-chang-learn-make-your-identity-work-you-943040
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