Factory Girls, written by Ding Yan and published by Foreign Languages Press

"China's ever-growing GDP masks the lives of the millions of largely forgotten factory workers behind the scenes, many of whom are young girls with their own dreams and aspirations. The author's courage and perseverance is admirable. She was close to 40 when she chose to work as a laborer in a factory. Her personal experiences in the factory gave her a genuine insight into the laborers' lives, allowing her to write this richly detailed work."