Excess Male

“Thoughtful, heartbreaking . . . King expertly explores the myriad routes to family, hope, and love in a repressive country.” —Publishers Weekly

Under the One Child Policy, everyone plotted to have a son.

Now 40 million of them can''t find wives.

China’s One Child Policy and its cultural preference for male heirs have created a society overrun by unmarriageable men. An Excess Male is one such leftov...