Street of Eternal Happiness by Rob Schmitz

I have always been fascinated by the rise of China since they opened up their economy years ago to a blend of communism and capitalist.  Having done some business in China, I've been able to observe firsthand the dramatic change of people in China.  The have nots now have and rich are now richer and it appears everyone is striving for more money, more money.  

But what has been under reported is how all the grab for success has affect the population, millions of peasants moving to the city, family live apart because parents trying to make it in this economy, people losing their moral compass, etc.

I'm familiar with Rob Schmitz work from hearing him on NPR and given that he's APM's China correspondence, who else is better to tell stories of the Chinese people

Author's Bio

His book Street of Eternal Happiness does a great job at telling the stories of individuals and families who live on this one street in Shanghai.  Shanghai, modern of all modern city but below the skyscrapers, there's stories of people trying to "make it."  The tales become entwined and gives us a glimpes of the hope, greed and pain of living in China.

This is a great book and great read. 

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.