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Title Statement | Two trees make a forest: in search of my family's past among Taiwan's mountains and coasts / [book club set] : Jessica J. Lee. |
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Author | Lee, Jessica J., 1986- |
Publication | ©2020[Toronto]: Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Canada,[2020] |
Extent of Item | xviii, 282 pages |
ISBN | 0735239576 (pbk.) 9780735239579 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3688533 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | After unearthing a hidden memoir of her grandfather's life, Jessica J. Lee seeks to piece together the fragments of her family's history as they moved from China to Taiwan, and then on to Canada. But as she navigates the tumultuous terrain of Taiwan, Lee finds herself having to traverse fissures in language, memory, and history, as she searches for the pieces of her family left behind. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Landscapes--Taiwan |
Taiwanese--Biography--Canada | |
Adult children of immigrants--Biography--Canada | |
By Name | Lee, Jessica J.,1986---Family |
Lee, Jessica J.,1986---Travel--Taiwan |