Book briefs

Of left-behind kids

Living in Dongguan, an industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, writer Zeng Xiaochun has many friends who are migrant workers. From their daily conversation, he was inspired to write stories about the children they are forced to leave behind.

His latest novel Sunshine in the Hand (Shouzhang Yangguang) is written from the perspective of a primary school girl Lan Nizi, who is looked after by her aunt in the countryside when her parents go to the city looking for work.