{"product_id":"somewhere-sisters-a-story-of-adoption-identity-and-the-meaning-of-family-paperback","title":"Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErika Hayasaki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of 2022 and Winner of a Nautilus Silver Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stirring and unforgettable--a breathtaking adoption saga like no other.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eRobert Kolker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHidden Valley Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLost Girls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was 1998 in Nha Trang, Việt Nam, and Liên struggled to care for her newborn twin girls. Hà was taken in by Liên's sister, and she grew up in a rural village with her aunt, going to school and playing outside with the neighbors. They had sporadic electricity and frequent monsoons. Hà's twin sister, Loan, was adopted by a wealthy, white American family who renamed her Isabella. Isabella grew up in the suburbs of Chicago with a nonbiological sister, Olivia, also adopted from Việt Nam. Isabella and Olivia attended a predominantly white Catholic school, played soccer, and prepared for college. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when Isabella's adoptive mother learned of her biological twin back in Việt Nam, all of their lives changed forever. Award-winning journalist Erika Hayasaki spent years and hundreds of hours interviewing each of the birth and adoptive family members. She brings the girls' experiences to life on the page, told from their own perspectives, challenging conceptions about adoption and what it means to give a child a good life. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika Hayasaki\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist based in Southern California, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Death Class\u003c\/i\u003e, and a professor in the Literary Journalism Program at the University of California, Irvine. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She has been a 2021-22 Knight-Wallace Reporting Fellow and a 2018 Alicia Patterson Fellow and received awards and recognition from the Association of Sunday Feature Editors, the Society for Features Journalism, and the \u003ci\u003eBest American Science and Nature Writing 2019\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the mother of a daughter and twin boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764835320096,"sku":"9781643755366","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bc84813f3cccc62f7a25e1afd6f6208c.webp?v=1780256099","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/somewhere-sisters-a-story-of-adoption-identity-and-the-meaning-of-family-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}