by Nicole Chung
First published 2018
Nicole Chung was born premature and placed for adoption by her Korean parents. Raised by a white family in sheltered Oregon, she grew up feeling out of place as a transracial adoptee. Now an adult, Nicole embarks on a search to uncover the truth about her birth parents and the circumstances of her adoption. But the deeper she digs, the more she uncovers painful family secrets that threaten to upend the life she's built. As Nicole confronts the complex reality of her origins, she must reconcile her need to belong with the personal identity she's struggled to define.
Genres: literary-fiction, family-life, autobiography, memoir, non-fiction, biography-memoir, adoption, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: United States
240 pages · Hardcover · Catapult