{"product_id":"all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-paperback","title":"All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicole Chung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis beloved memoir \"is an extraordinary, honest, nuanced and compassionate look at adoption, race in America and families in general\" (Jasmine Guillory, \u003ci\u003eCode Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does it means to lose your roots--within your culture, within your family--and what happens when you find them?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life, that forever feeling slightly out of place was her fate as a transracial adoptee. But as Nicole grew up--facing prejudice her adoptive family couldn't see, finding her identity as an Asian American and as a writer, becoming ever more curious about where she came from--she wondered if the story she'd been told was the whole truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith warmth, candor, and startling insight, Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child. \u003ci\u003eAll You Can Ever Know\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets--vital reading for anyone who has ever struggled to figure out where they belong.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Chung\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eAll You Can Ever Know\u003c\/i\u003e. Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets, \u003ci\u003eAll You Can Ever Know \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a semifinalist for the PEN Open Book Award, an Indies Choice Honor Book, and an official Junior Library Guild selection. Chung is a contributing writer and editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and her writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. In 2021, she was named to the \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America \u003c\/i\u003eAAPI Inspiration List honoring those \"making Asian American history right now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760089104672,"sku":"9781948226370","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b746d930aed28d13d1349789d9e1c0c8.webp?v=1780171347","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}