Author: Jane Jeong Trenka
Translator: Jae-pyong Song
Publisher: Domabaem
366pp | 223*152mm
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| >>>This book is written in Korean only. |
About This Book
Adoption memoirs are not rare, but this one stands out because of the quality of
the writing and because of the aspect of adoption it portrays. Jane at six
months and sister Carol, at four and a half, Korean by birth, were adopted by a
Minnesota couple with strong German Lutheran roots. The girls were from a home
beset by poverty and the drunken abuse of their birth father. Being sent away
was an act of love by their Korean mother. Their adoptive parents loved the
girls and raised them as their own. And here lies the problem for Jane. Their
Korean identity was never addressed, leaving her with a strong sense of not
belonging in either culture. Eventual contact with her birth family leads to a
rift with her American parents. The author interweaves the account of her life,
already tangled in time and place, with legends and plays, creating an
incredibly introspective and moving piece. Perhaps not a comfort to
transcultural adoptive parents, but thought-provoking reading on an important
issue. --Danise Hoover
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