{"product_id":"among-the-white-moon-faces-shirley-geok-lin-lim-9781558611795","title":"Among the White Moon Faces: An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe winner of the 1996 American Book Award: a \"fascinating autobiography\" from an award-winning Asian-American female author about her journey growing up in war-torn Malaysia to finding herself as a writer in the US (\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith insight, candor, and grace, Shirley Geok-lin Lim recalls her path from her poverty-stricken childhood in war-torn Malaysia to her new and exciting yet uncertain womanhood in America. Grappling to secure a place for herself in the United States, she is often caught between the stifling traditions of the old world and the harsh challenges of the new. But throughout her journey, she is sustained by her \"warrior\" spirit, gradually overcoming her sense of alienation to find a new identity as an Asian American woman: professor, wife, mother, and, above all, an impassioned writer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAmong the White Moon Faces\u003c\/em\u003e, Lim offers a memorable rendering of immigrant women's experience and a reflection upon the homelands we leave behind, the homelands we discover, and the homelands we hold within ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What sets \u003cem\u003eAmong the White Moon Faces\u003c\/em\u003e apart is that Lim writes with such aching precision, revealing and insightfully analyzing her changing roles as woman, immigrant, scholar, and Other.\" --\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Lim's descriptions are both lyrical and precise.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Evocative writing bolstered by insights into colonialism, race relations, and the concept of the 'other'. . . . This is an entrancing memoir.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Geok-Lin Lim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558611797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558611795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Shirley Geok-Lin Lim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985135796479,"sku":"9781558611795","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1d77504-0719-463f-9c2a-ed1a397a2665.jpg?v=1683275757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/among-the-white-moon-faces-shirley-geok-lin-lim-9781558611795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}