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emmareadstoomuch 's review for:
All You Can Ever Know
by Nicole Chung
Hello. Give me one moment...looking for my soapbox so I can take a big ol step onto that bad boy.
Got it. Okay.
Ahem.
Stories like Nicole Chung's are so goddamn important.
I grew up in a majority-white community where many of the Asian people I knew were adopted by white families. As we got older, I witnessed friends of mine struggle and reckon with growing up severed from their birth culture, mostly by well-intentioned and loving families who either didn't try to help their children connect with that aspect of themselves or did so only cartoonishly with very little research.
The point is we have so many stories of ADOPTERS, as selfless, adoring, generous saints - when actually they just are people who want a kid for whatever reason. That kid shouldn't be made to feel grateful for that action. They're just kids who deserve as much as any other kid, including the right to criticize their parents.
Anyway. This is a good book to read after Little Fires Everywhere. Or just in general.
Bottom line: More stories of the adopted!
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pre-review
the Can I Finish Four Books In One Day challenge
update: I CAN.
review to come / 3.5 stars
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taking lily's idea and reading only books by asian authors this month!
book 1: the incendiaries
book 2: last night at the telegraph club
book 3: dear girls
book 4: sigh, gone
book 5: frankly in love
book 6: emergency contact
book 7: your house will pay
book 8: convenience store woman
book 9: on earth we're briefly gorgeous
book 10: we are not free
book 11: searching for sylvie lee
book 12: the displaced
book 13: schoolgirl
book 14: sweet bean paste
book 15: little fires everywhere
book 16: trust exercise
book 17: front desk
book 18: the bride test
book 19: interior chinatown
book 20: it's not like it's a secret
book 21: almost american girl
book 22: never let me go
book 23: prairie lotus
book 24: earthlings
book 25: a pho love story
book 26: love, hate & other filters
book 27: the best we could do
book 28: all you can ever know
Got it. Okay.
Ahem.
Stories like Nicole Chung's are so goddamn important.
I grew up in a majority-white community where many of the Asian people I knew were adopted by white families. As we got older, I witnessed friends of mine struggle and reckon with growing up severed from their birth culture, mostly by well-intentioned and loving families who either didn't try to help their children connect with that aspect of themselves or did so only cartoonishly with very little research.
The point is we have so many stories of ADOPTERS, as selfless, adoring, generous saints - when actually they just are people who want a kid for whatever reason. That kid shouldn't be made to feel grateful for that action. They're just kids who deserve as much as any other kid, including the right to criticize their parents.
Anyway. This is a good book to read after Little Fires Everywhere. Or just in general.
Bottom line: More stories of the adopted!
------------
pre-review
the Can I Finish Four Books In One Day challenge
update: I CAN.
review to come / 3.5 stars
------------
taking lily's idea and reading only books by asian authors this month!
book 1: the incendiaries
book 2: last night at the telegraph club
book 3: dear girls
book 4: sigh, gone
book 5: frankly in love
book 6: emergency contact
book 7: your house will pay
book 8: convenience store woman
book 9: on earth we're briefly gorgeous
book 10: we are not free
book 11: searching for sylvie lee
book 12: the displaced
book 13: schoolgirl
book 14: sweet bean paste
book 15: little fires everywhere
book 16: trust exercise
book 17: front desk
book 18: the bride test
book 19: interior chinatown
book 20: it's not like it's a secret
book 21: almost american girl
book 22: never let me go
book 23: prairie lotus
book 24: earthlings
book 25: a pho love story
book 26: love, hate & other filters
book 27: the best we could do
book 28: all you can ever know