A review by elainabear
The Rock in My Throat by Kao Kalia Yang

4.0

I loved this small, beautifully illustrated story. The author's writing and the intimacy of the story really stood out to me, especially the moments with her family where she felt the safest and most at ease.

I grew up in an area with mostly Asian immigrant families. There were many students in my classes who couldn't speak English comfortably enough. Luckily, where I was, there were usually plenty of other students who could speak their native languages with them. I can tell that this is a very personally story to the author and I feel for her being isolated from those around her who didn't have the patience to try and understand, as well as being in an area where very few people bothered to get to know her.

Thank you to Netgalley for sending me this arc to review