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Kinda Korean

Stories from an American Life

by Joan Sung
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For fans of Michelle Zauner's Crying in H-Mart and Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings comes a coming-of-age memoir about a daughter of immigrants discovering her Korean American identity while finding it in her heart to forgive her Tiger Mom.
In this courageous memoir of parental love, intergenerational trauma, and perseverance, Joan Sung breaks the generational silence that curses her family. By intentionally overcoming the stereotype that all Asians are quiet, Sung tells her stories of coming-of-age with a Tiger Mom who did not understand American society.

Torn between her two identities as a Korean woman and a first generation American, Sung bares her struggles in an honest and bare confessional. Sifting through her experiences with microaggressions to the over fetishization of Asian women, Sung connects the COVID pandemic with the decades of violence and racism experienced by Asian American communities.

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    February 25, 2025

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      • ISBN: 9781647428433

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      • ISBN: 9781647428433
      • File size: 3014 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from January 1, 2025

      Cultural competency trainer Sung's memoir is organized as a series of vignettes that cohesively explore her life as a first-generation Asian American woman. There's palpable anger, self-loathing, and shame in these pages, which come from a confused personal identity, a home environment full of conflict, and multiple sexual assaults. Sung's anger is mostly directed toward her mother, but the men who attack and disparage her receive nearly as much rage. Since her origin story didn't match the economic success of her peers, she buried her expectations in years of excessive drinking, bad relationships, and unmanaged depression. As she grappled with Asian fetishization, the bamboo ceiling, and what a healthy romantic relationship looks like, the COVID pandemic generated a new level of anti-Asian hate in the U.S. for Sung to navigate. It is only after she became a mother, and college and the military were behind her, that she embraced her heritage and emotions and designed a wholistic identity for herself. VERDICT A conversation-generating memoir. Give to readers who enjoyed I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy or Real Americans by Rachel Khong.--Tina Panik

      Copyright 2025 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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