All You Can Ever Know A Memoir |
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Author:
| Chung, Nicole |
ISBN: | 978-1-4328-6022-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2019 |
Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $33.99 |
Book Description:
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An ABA Indies Introduce TitleNicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting myth. Nicole believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life, that forever feeling slightly out of place was her fate as a transracial adoptee. But as she grew up ― facing prejudice...
More DescriptionAn ABA Indies Introduce TitleNicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting myth. Nicole believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life, that forever feeling slightly out of place was her fate as a transracial adoptee. But as she grew up ― facing prejudice her adoptive family couldn't see, finding her identity, becoming ever more curious about where she came from ― Nicole wondered if the story she'd been told was the whole truth.