Summary of Simu Liu's We Were Dreamers

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was born in 1989 in China, to a working-class family that lacked the money or influence to travel abroad. I spent my first four and a half years with my father’s side of the family in Harbin, without my parents. I was named ??, meaning introspection or ideation. #2 The kitchen was a series of open flames, next to a sink made of blackish-brown concrete, surrounded by a jungle of exposed pipes. My grandparents didn’t get a refrigerator until after I was born, and they stored water in buckets. I didn’t need anything more. #3 The importance of keeping your word was explained to me by my yéye. I was too old to be acting out like that, so he took me shopping to Héxìnglù and made me promise not to throw any tantrums. #4 I was a happy child in Harbin, and I definitely did not speak about how difficult I may or may not have been for the ones tasked with taking care of me. Regardless of whether I threw a tantrum, pooped my pants or drank dirty fishbowl water, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was loved unconditionally.