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A review by maralyons
Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America by Julia Lee
5.0
Biting the Hand is a fascinating memoir about Julia Lee, a Korean-American woman in her 40s, who has lived predominantly in Los Angeles. I loved her perspective as someone who was filled with rage, but couldn't quite pinpoint the cause, because there seemed to be many.
She was a teenager during the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, and frames her experience and the events well. I really appreciated her reflection on her childhood and how she perceived so many things through the lens of internalized racism, stereotypes, societal and familial expectations.
As someone who has always lived in the US, her perspective and history is so different from her parents, who were subjected to war in Korea in the 1950s and emigrated to the US in the 1970s. I listened to the audiobook, which is perfectly narrated by its author. Overall, a very gripping memoir spliced with historical and local context.
Thank you Henry Holt / Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for providing this ebook/audiobook ARC.
She was a teenager during the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, and frames her experience and the events well. I really appreciated her reflection on her childhood and how she perceived so many things through the lens of internalized racism, stereotypes, societal and familial expectations.
As someone who has always lived in the US, her perspective and history is so different from her parents, who were subjected to war in Korea in the 1950s and emigrated to the US in the 1970s. I listened to the audiobook, which is perfectly narrated by its author. Overall, a very gripping memoir spliced with historical and local context.
Thank you Henry Holt / Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for providing this ebook/audiobook ARC.