River Town
Two posts in one day! Amazing. 
Anyhoo, I am reading this book and really enjoy it. if you’re into learning about China or just places you don’t know about already, it’s very nice. The author spent a couple years in central China with the Peace Corps and he describes all he learned about Chinese people, culture politics and so on. Very nice read and great information about very recent times in China. This is especially interesting for me, of course, because of the adoption we’re still going through.
If you do read the book, you should check out this Time magazine follow-up story from 2003 where the author goes back to the city he originally visited in China (Fuling) to see what had changed in the few years since his first visit. Here’s a hint: A lot and very little at the same time. It’s very interesting to read more on the topic of the book, and that seems a chance you don’t often get.
