{"product_id":"docile-hyeseung-song-9781668003664","title":"Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eCrying in H Mart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMinor Feelings\u003c\/i\u003e as well as lovers of the film \u003ci\u003eMinari\u003c\/i\u003e comes a searing coming-of-age memoir about the daughter of ambitious Asian American immigrants and her search for self-worth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA daughter of Korean immigrants, Hyeseung Song spends her earliest years in the cane fields of Texas where her loyalties are divided between a restless father in search of Big Money, and a beautiful yet domineering mother whose resentments about her own life compromises her relationship with her daughter. With her parents at constant odds, Song learns more words in Korean for hatred than for love. When the family's fake Gucci business lands them in bankruptcy, Song moves to a new elementary school. On her first day, a girl asks the teacher: \"Can she speak English?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeither rich nor white, Song does what is necessary to be visible: she internalizes the model minority myth as well as her beloved mother's dreams to see her on a secure path. Song meets these expectations by attending the best Ivy League universities in the country. But when she wavers, in search of an artistic life on her own terms, her mother warns, \"Happiness is what unexceptional people tell themselves when they don't have the talent and drive to go after real success.\" Years of self-erasure take a toll and Song experiences recurring episodes of depression and mania. A thought repeats: \u003ci\u003eI want to die. I want to die. \u003c\/i\u003eSong enters a psychiatric hospital where she meets patients with similar struggles. So begins her sweeping journey to heal herself by losing everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnflinching and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eDocile\u003c\/i\u003e is one woman's story of subverting the model minority myth, contending with mental illness, and finding her self-worth by looking within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hyeseung Song\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 166800366X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668003664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Hyeseung Song","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45479088587007,"sku":"9781668003664","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9dd0e1a6-4889-4d83-8f42-5821ff00f8c7.jpg?v=1715936247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/docile-hyeseung-song-9781668003664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}