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Still Life with Rice : A Young American Woman Discovers the Life and Legacy of Her Korean Grandmother by Helie Lee (1997, Trade Paperback)

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"A captivating memoir of a courageous survivor" ( Publishers Weekly ) and "a window onto the panorama of modern Korean history" ( St. Petersburg Times ) this is a radiant and engaging story about a young American woman's discovery about the life of her Korean grandmother. Helie Lee's grandmother, Hongyong Baek, came of age in a unified but socially repressive Korea, where she was taught the roles that had been prescribed for her: obedient daughter, demure wife, efficient household manager. Ripped from her home first during the Japanese occupation and again during the bloody civil war that divided her country, Hongyong fought to save her family by drawing from her own talents and values. Over the years she proved her spirit indomitable, providing for her husband children by running a successful restaurant, building a profitable opium business, and eventually becoming adept at the healing art of ch'iryo. When she was forced to leave her country, she moved her family to California, where she reestablished her ch'iryo practice. Writing in her grandmother's voice, Helie Lee recreates an individual experience in a unique culture that is both seductively exotic and strangely familiar. With wit and verve, she claims her own Korean identity and illuminates the intricate experiences of Asian-American women in this century.

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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0684827115
ISBN-13
9780684827117
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1099450

Product Key Features

Book Title
Still Life with Rice : A Young American Woman Discovers the Life and Legacy of Her Korean Grandmother
Author
Helie Lee
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Personal Memoirs, Literary
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E184.K6
Copyright Date
1997
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
973/.04957/00922 B
Dewey Edition
20

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by aDlnuPecRsa@Del...Jan 05, 2007
Still Life With Rice
This book takes you on an experience of a generation. World War II affected the world in many different ways. You walk through a woman's life in Korea during this time and it opens your eyes to the affects of war. While it was book that kept me reading, it probably isn't a book that I would read over and over.

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