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256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780771070891
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication date: 17 September 2019
Description
Winner of the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction A beautiful and haunting memoir of kinship and culture rediscovered.Jenny Heijun Wills was born in Korea and adopted as an infant into a white family in small-town Canada. In her...
Community Reviews Summary of 178 reviews
Moods
reflective 77%
sad 63%
challenging 45%
dark 27%
informative 18%
inspiring 13%
hopeful 4%
relaxing 4%
Pace
fast 23%
slow 19%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Approved by the author
Graphic
Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassmentModerate
Abandonment, Cancer, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illnessMinor
Alcohol, Deportation, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse
256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780771070891
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication date: 17 September 2019
Description
Winner of the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction A beautiful and haunting memoir of kinship and culture rediscovered.Jenny Heijun Wills was born in Korea and adopted as an infant into a white family in small-town Canada. In her...
Community Reviews Summary of 178 reviews
Moods
reflective 77%
sad 63%
challenging 45%
dark 27%
informative 18%
inspiring 13%
hopeful 4%
relaxing 4%
Pace
fast 23%
slow 19%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Approved by the author
Graphic
Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassmentModerate
Abandonment, Cancer, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illnessMinor
Alcohol, Deportation, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse