Excerpt Ha Jin S A Free Life
The plane ticket cost seventy percent more than the regular fare because it had not been purchased three weeks in advance. The Wus didn’t hesitate; as long as Taotao could get out of China in time and safely, it was worth any price. They also bought round-trip tickets from Boston to San Francisco for themselves. Neither Pingping nor Nan could go back to China to fetch Taotao, who had been staying with Pingping’s parents for the past three years....