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Title: Important story, trustworthy narrator
Review: Jane Jeong Trenka has an important story to tell and the craft to tell it. Her writing is clear, lyrical, filled with vitality. I like the chances she takes with structure, the odds and ends of text she borrows from diverse sources to inform her narrative. I'm interested in the shift of voice that occurs over the course of the book, the anger and power that builds as she discovers a more authentic sense of self. My 7-year old Chinese daughter conceptualizes her birth mother mostly as a tummy, someone who has not yet assumed the shape of a fully realized woman. But I have no doubt that this will change. Jane Jeong Trenka's story offers me an insightful guide for navigating these complicated waters, not for doing it "perfectly," but remaining open. This final word of the book continues to echo in my mind.
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