{"product_id":"fugitive-visions-jane-jeong-trenka-9781555975296","title":"Fugitive Visions: An Adoptee's Return to Korea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful second memoir by the author of the widely \u003ci\u003eacclaimed The Language of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emade in Korea \u0026gt; cheap goods \u0026gt; cheap labor \u0026gt; cheap womb \u0026gt; cheap adoption \u0026gt; cheap immigration \u0026gt; cheap immigrant \u0026gt; cheap yellow daughter \u0026gt; honorary white \u0026gt; almost but not quite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhenever she speaks to a stranger in her native Korea, Jane Jeong Trenka is forced to explain what she is. Japanese? Chinese? The answer-that she was adopted from Korea as a baby and grew up in the United States-is a source of grief, pride, and confusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrenka's award-winning first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, told the story of her upbringing in a white family in rural Minnesota. Now, in this searching and provocative memoir, Trenka explores a new question: Can she make an adult life for herself in Korea? Despite numerous setbacks, Trenka resolves to learn the language and ways of her unfamiliar birth country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn navigating the myriad contradictions and disjunctions that have made up her life, Trenka turns to the lessons from her past-in particular, the concept of dissonance and harmony learned over her years as a musician. In \u003ci\u003eFugitive Visions\u003c\/i\u003e, named after a composition by Prokofiev, Trenka has succeeded in braiding the disparate elements of her life into a recognizable and at times heartbreaking whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Jeong Trenka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555975291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 55","brand":"Jane Jeong Trenka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939598631167,"sku":"9781555975296","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c20a9da9-3405-4e1b-b12d-271ba46cf628.jpg?v=1681442432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fugitive-visions-jane-jeong-trenka-9781555975296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}