{"product_id":"9781555975296","title":"Fugitive Visions : An Adoptee's Return to Korea","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFugitive Visions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jane Jeong Trenka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful second memoir by the author of the widely \u003ci\u003eacclaimed The Language of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emade in Korea \u0026gt; cheap goods \u0026gt; cheap labor \u0026gt; cheap womb \u0026gt;  cheap adoption \u0026gt; cheap immigration \u0026gt; cheap immigrant \u0026gt; cheap  yellow daughter \u0026gt; honorary white \u0026gt; almost but not quite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhenever she speaks to a stranger in her native Korea, Jane Jeong Trenka is forced to explain what she is. Japanese? Chinese? The answer-that she was adopted from Korea as a baby and grew up in the United States-is a source of grief, pride, and confusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrenka's award-winning first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, told the story of her upbringing in a white family in rural Minnesota. Now, in this searching and provocative memoir, Trenka explores a new question: Can she make an adult life for herself in Korea? Despite numerous setbacks, Trenka resolves to learn the language and ways of her unfamiliar birth country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn navigating the myriad contradictions and disjunctions that have made up her life, Trenka turns to the lessons from her past-in particular, the concept of dissonance and harmony learned over her years as a musician. In \u003ci\u003eFugitive Visions\u003c\/i\u003e, named after a composition by Prokofiev, Trenka has succeeded in braiding the disparate elements of her life into a recognizable and at times heartbreaking whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555975296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593465180366,"sku":"9781555975296","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_32501d9f-e150-4225-8fe5-19310ae67b62.jpg?v=1637788658","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555975296","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}