256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780771070914
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication date: 16 February 2021
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 he...
Community Reviews Summary of 153 reviews
Moods
reflective 82%
sad 70%
challenging 47%
informative 17%
dark 11%
inspiring 11%
Pace
fast 25%
slow 12%
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: 9780771070914
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication date: 16 February 2021
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 he...
Community Reviews Summary of 153 reviews
Moods
reflective 82%
sad 70%
challenging 47%
informative 17%
dark 11%
inspiring 11%
Pace
fast 25%
slow 12%
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