All You Can Ever Know
by Nicole Chung
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Pub Date 2 Jul 2020 | Archive Date 28 Apr 2020
Pushkin Press | ONE
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Description
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 parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, pre-packaged myth. She 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 Nicole grew up - facing prejudice her adoptive family couldn't see, finding her identity as an Asian American and as a writer - she began to wonder if the story she'd been told was the whole truth.
With warmth, candor, and startling insight, Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up. All You Can Ever Know is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections, and family secrets.
Advance Praise
'This book moved me to my very core' -- Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere
'More than a thoughtful consideration of race and heritage in America. It is the story of sisters finding each other, overcoming bureaucracy, abuse, separation and time' -- The New Yorker
'One of this year's finest books... Chung has literary chops to spare' -- Washington Post'Chung writes her memoir as a transracial adoptee with honesty, wisdom and love. Her search and what she discovers offer us life's meaning and purpose of the very highest order' --Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko
'Warm, candid, and full of insights on race, heritage, family and motherhood' -- Frances Kai-Hwa
'A sometimes heartbreaking, always unflinching look at what it means to feel rootless' -- Samantha Balaban, NPR
'Opening readers' eyes to the complexities of cross-cultural adoption, Chung makes a resounding case for empathy' -- TIME'Written with all the style and narrative of great fiction' --Vanity Fair
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781911590309 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
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