
We Carry Smoke and Paper
Essays on the Grief and Hope of Conversion
Melody S. Gee(Author)
University of Iowa Press
Published on 15. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-60938-975-8 (ISBN)
Description
Answering an unexpected call to faith in her thirties, Melody Gee contends with what saying "yes" to conversion requires of an adopted daughter of Chinese immigrants. She looks for answers and consolation in her family's story of immigration trauma and cultural assimilation, in the ways their burdens and limitations made her answer-seeking both impossible and inevitable. We Carry Smoke and Paper is a memoir about what we owe to those who sacrifice everything for us, and it is about the many conversions in a lifetime that turn our heads via whispers and shouts, calling us to ourselves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 to 99 years
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60938-975-8 (9781609389758)
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Melody S. Gee is the author of three books of poetry. Born in Taiwan and raised in California, she now lives in St. Louis, Missouri.