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From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of fam…

Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa Biography Award The Sunday Times Best Book of the Year in Biography and Memoir A Financial Times Best Book of 2021 (Critics' Picks) The New Yorker, Best Books We Read in 2021 Times Lite…

2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Winner "Captivating... [a] heartfelt account of how newcomers carve a space for themselves in the melting pot of America." ?Publishers Weekly A first-generation immigrant's "intimate, passionate look at race in America" (Viet Than…

"The acclaimed and beloved author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets--a real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she made last year about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden the story of her own lif…

"A powerful memoir that charts a daughter's struggle to save her haunted father, Crux is alive with family magic and fierce with love."?Junot D?az ¿Papi, d?nde est?s? Throughout Jean Guerrero's childhood, her father, Marco Antonio, was an erratic and elusive presence. A self-tau…

Bright eyes, brown skin...A heart-shaped face, a dimpled chin. Do you have cheeks that glow and very special hair and clothes? Reassuring rhymes take your child through a typical school day with Olivia, Jordan, Alexa and Ethan. These spirited children feel good about who they ar…

The AFRO-BETS Kids present the numbers one through ten! Langston, Nandi, Glo, Stef, Tura, and Robo show you how to learn your numbers. Watch them twist their bodies into the shapes of the numbers. One yellow sun...Two blue shoes. This book uniquely presents numbers 1 through 10 …

Now, anyone can go from sushi novice to sushi samurai?slicing, filleting, and making rolls like a master! Never before have the techniques of this most popular Asian cuisine been as attractively presented, as easy to follow, and as temptingly photographed as this beginner's guid…

"Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homespun similes. ... James' painterly oils swirl with energy, visible daubs creating the dusty, monumental landscape and equally monumental horses and humans. ... A champion indeed."?Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The true ta…

A 2012 Indie Next pick, Home is a Roof Over a Pig is the charming account of one all-American family's new life in a small town in China. When Aminta Arrington moves with her husband and three young children (including a daughter adopted from China) from suburban Georgia to Tai'…