{"product_id":"mother-tongue-hilda-hoy-9781999376468","title":"Mother Tongue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"When I speak Mandarin with my mother, I am reminded of the distance that separates us-of my foreignness from the person who made me.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e, Hilda Hoy explores the manifold capacities of language: to shape one's sense of self, to bring together, to hold apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in Taiwan by her Taiwanese mother and Canadian father, bilingual from the beginning, Hoy explores her experience of growing up with otherness, and traces how English became her dominant tongue. After many years living in Canada and Europe, her Chinese-speaking self packed into a box and sealed shut, the repercussions of her loss of Mandarin are thrown into sharp focus when her mother is diagnosed with dementia, and begins losing the ability to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tender exploration of grief and reconnection, of belonging and self, \u003cem\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a journey to locate one's voice between hybrid places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilda Hoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999376463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999376468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wind\u0026amp;bones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Hilda Hoy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454426329343,"sku":"9781999376468","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e2df46d-99a2-4428-937b-7a4311e1c9a0.jpg?v=1777306170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-tongue-hilda-hoy-9781999376468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}