The Translator's Daughter: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814258972)

A Taiwanese American writer unfurls themes of memory, dislocation, language, and loss to tell a unique story about reclaiming one's heritage while living in a diaspora.

Born in Taiwan, Grace Loh Prasad was two years old when the threat of political persecution under Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship drove her family to the United States, setting her up to become an "accidental immigrant." The family did not know when they would be able to go home again; this exile lasted long enough for Prasad to forget her native Taiwanese language and grow up American. Having multilingual parents--including a father who worked as a translator--meant she never had to develop the fluency to navigate Taiwan on visits. But when her parents moved back to Taiwan permanently when she was in college and her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she recognized the urgency of forging a stronger connection with her birthplace before it was too late. As she recounts her journey to reclaim her heritage in The Translator's Daughter, Prasad unfurls themes of memory, dislocation, and loss in all their rich complexity. The result is a unique immigration story about the loneliness of living in a diaspora, the search for belonging, and the meaning of home.

Author: Grace Loh Prasad
ISBN-10: 0814258972
ISBN-13: 9780814258972
Publisher: Mad Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2024
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2024 pg. 79
Foreword 02/13/2024
Shelf Awareness 03/22/2024