In Full Bloom by Caroline Hwang [in AsianWeek]
01 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean American, Repost
A wacky first novel about Korean American Ginger Lee, an English PhD dropout working in the fashion industry and trying to avoid her well-intentioned mother’s attempts to marry her off before she...
Already a bestseller in France, where it was first published, Satrapi’s achievement is capturing her childhood in spare comic book images that speak utter volumes. Satrapi, whose great grandfather was a Persian emperor, recalls her life...
Xinran: The Voice of the Good Women of China
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices is one of those books you just can’t put down. Part memoir, part history, part tragedy, part social documentary, Good Women...
Touching remembrances of a little girl's mother when she herself was a little girl. And yes, it's one of those books that puts a real lump in the...
Hahn is unflinching in her exploration of life – from murdering mothers to searching daughters to waiting wives, to necrophilia to fairy tales to deformed bodies ….
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Journey to the East: Katy Robinson's search for her Korean family in A Single Square Picture
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Born to a Chinese mother and a Norwegian father, Paisley Rekdal has traversed the world, in search of her identity,...
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A Legacy of Survival
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Mei-Mei sees what she thinks will be the perfect Christmas present for herself and her mother – a giant stuffed bear. She saves money for the expensive gift, even having a cookie sale. The...