I Was Called the Little Chinese
by Marie-Laure De Shazer
In the summer of 1669 the French explorer Ren-Robert Cavelier de la Salle left Montreal on his quest to find China. His trip to Quebec was a failure and many mocked him and derisively named him " The Little Chinese". The name stuck, and part of the island of Montreal is called "Lachine" (China) to this day. This novel is a gripping memoir and a survivor's story about Marina, a young French woman who was viewed as mentally ill, a slow learner, and therefore labeled " The Little Chinese". Like La Salle, Marina was mocked and associated with China. Her mother, her French teacher, and her peers could not understand what she was saying. Marina suffered greatly throughout her life from a traumatic childhood and accused of having defective genes.
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Author Biography
Marie-Laure de Shazer is a certified teacher of the Chinese, French and Spanish languages. She holds Master's degrees in Chinese language, Culture and Civilization and Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. She has lived, studied and taught in Europe, China and the United States. She enjoys researching methods that make learning language easier and more enjoyable for all ages and levels of students. Her passion is to help develop language programs for Chinese, French and Spanish for kids through adults. She had published numerous novels and teaching methods in Chinese mandarin. She is the author of Chinese For Everyone: For All Ages and Learning Styles, Chinese Characters For Everyone (Sherlock Holmes In The Land Of Chinese Characters) and Dictionary Of Chinese Characters and Their Compositions and Chinese HSK series and other Chinese materials.
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