· All You Can Ever Know is a memoir in two parts: the memory of her growing up as an adopted Korean new-born into a loving white American family, and the ongoing story of her, as an adult, starting a family of her own and, during her pregnancy, finally Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Nicole Chung’s impeccably told memoir ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW is about growing up in a world where she felt she didn’t fit in. Her white parents adopted her as a premature baby, struggling for life in the NICU, born to a Korean family, and she was given one /5(). All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir is Nicole Chung’s story of adoption and the search for her Korean birth family, when she becomes an expectant mother, about to start her own family. Nicole was adopted by a white couple in Oregon when she was 2 months old/5.
All You Can Ever Know is an adoption memoir documenting Nicole Chung's journey in understanding her roots. It begins with a younger Chung asking her mother difficult questions about her own adoption, to which she receives simple and conservative responses. www.doorway.ru: All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir () by Chung, Nicole and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. A NATIONAL BESTSELLER This beloved memoir is an extraordinary, honest, nuanced and compassionate look at adoption, race in America and families in general (Jasmine Guillory, Code Switch, NPR) What does it means to lose your roots--within your culture, within your family--and what happens when you find them?Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and.
Indiebound. In her stunning memoir, All You Can Ever Know, Nicole Chung gives a searing, clear-eyed account of the journey to find the truth about her roots and identity. Born to Korean immigrants and given up for adoption at birth, the author was raised in southern Oregon by white parents. All You Can Ever Know is a memoir in two parts: the memory of her growing up as an adopted Korean new-born into a loving white American family, and the ongoing story of her, as an adult, starting a family of her own and, during her pregnancy, finally taking the plunge to find and contact her birth parents. A primary document of witness, Chung writes her memoir as a transracial adoptee with honesty, wisdom, and love. Her search and what she discovers offer us life’s meaning and purpose of the very highest order.” —Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, a National Book Award Finalist. “This book moved me to my very core.
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