The Bucks County Free Library discussed the life and impact of Pearl S. Buck, an author who called the area her home for many years. The Pearl S. Buck Writing Center shared the library’s post on the author.

“The first American woman to win both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize for literature, Pearl S. Buck, lived here in Bucks County!” the library said online.

Known for her 1931 novel, The Good Earth, which documented life in rural China, Buck was known for her advocacy of the adoption of Chinese-born children, making her one of the first Americans to advocate mixed-race adoption. 

Her novels brought a level of awareness of Chinese culture to an American audience; throughout her life, Buck lived in the country herself, residing in Zhenjiang and Nanjing under the name 赛珍珠 (Sai Zhenzhu).

“In addition to reading her novels, you can get to know Pearl S. Buck by visiting her Perkasie home, Green Hills Farm, where she lived for 40 years.”

Learn more at the Bucks County Free Library.

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