What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them?Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean…
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Review:: The Butcher’s Daughter by Florence Grende
Florence Grende's memoir The Butcher's Daughter is a family portrait drawn in lyrical style that examines the effects of war, and follows the narrator's search for her parents survival story…
Review:: The New Old Me by Meredith Moran
The New Old Me is a lusty, kickass post-divorce memoir, one woman's story of starting over at 60 in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. After the death of her best friend, the…
Review:: My (Underground) American Dream by Julissa Arce
I received a courtesy ARC of My (Underground) American Dream through Netgalley and the publisher, Center Street, in exchange for an honest review. For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true…