All You Can Ever Know

Posted on 08 December 2018 by Nicole Chung

What does it mean 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 raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town From early childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hopes of giving her a better life that forever feeling slightly out of place was simply her fate as a transracial adoptee But as she grew up facing prejudice her adoptive family couldn t see, finding her identity as an Asian American and a writer, becoming ever curious about where she came from she wondered if the story she d been told was the whole truth.With warmth, candor, and startling insight, Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child All You Can Ever Know is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets vital reading for anyone who has ever struggled to figure out where they belong. Best Read All You Can Ever Know Author Nicole Chung For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book moved me to my very core As all her writing, Nicole Chung speaks eloquently and honestly about her own personal story, then widens her aperture to illuminate all of us ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW is full of insights on race, motherhood, and family of all kinds, but what sets it apart is the compassion Chung brings to every facet of her search for identity and every person portrayed in these pages This book should be required reading for anyone who has ever had, wanted, or found a family This book moved me to my very core As all her writing, Nicole Chung speaks eloquently and honestly about her own personal story, then widens her aperture to illuminate all of us ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW is full of insights on race, motherhood, and family of all kinds, but what sets it apart is ...When I started thinking about how I was going to describe this book, the words that came to mind were the kind of words you d read on a bottle of water pure, clear, undiluted Every time I read it it was like turning on a faucet of raw emotion, a view into the author s experience that was like looking through freshly cleaned glass Forgive me if I m getting pulled into mixed metaphors, but when I tried to explain it these were the kinds of images that came to me over and over again I would sit When I started thinking about how I was going to describe this book, the words that came to mind were the kind of words you d read on a bottle of water pure, clear, undiluted Every time I read it it was like turning on a faucet of raw emotion, a view into the author s experience that was like looking through freshly cleaned glass Forgive me if I m ge...Five stars five stars Because I can t wait to read thisAn urgent, incandescent exploration of what it can mean to love, and of who gets to belong, in an increasingly divided country Nicole Chung s powerful All You Can Ever Know is necessary reading, a dazzling light to help lead the way during these times.I m not usually big on memoirs but when presented with this copy to review, I couldn t say no A beautifully poignant and emotionally filled memoir of a Korean girl adopted by white parents and facing racism and prejudice no one around her could understand This journey of her finding her way and wanting to know about her biological family and the story behind it is moving and oh so real.I felt so much empathy when reading about Nicole s childhood and, while we all know children can be mean, whe I m not usually big on memoirs but when presented with this copy to review, I couldn t say no A beautifully poignant and emotionally filled memoir of a Korean girl adopted by white parents and facing racism and prejudice no one around her could understand This journey of her finding her way and wanting to know about her biological family and the story behind it is moving and oh so real.I felt so much empathy when reading about Nicole s childhood and, while we all know children can be mean, when you don t understand them pulling their eyes back and telling you that you don t belong well that I absolutely can understand Being half Korean, I remember these kinds of things happening to me and running home and crying to my dad about it I was so excited to go to Korea where I would finally belong, only to be made fun of for being half white At least I had my parents to speak to. even if they could never fully understand Nicole didn t have a cultural background to help her understand why ...Powerful, deeply affecting memoir about love, longing, belonging, and family An unforgettable debut.I knew this book was going to be great, but I did not expect that it would make me cry quite so quickly For the record, the first tears came on page 16 What an amazingly honest, open, full hearted story Nicole Chung has given us about adoption, about heritage, about self understanding, ...I m biased but this book is amazing and heartful and I loved reading it.I think the point of a memoir is to not only tell an interesting story all the way through but to also teach the reader something Lots of memoirs are filled with pages meant to do just that fill the pages Memoirs get a bad rep because people think they can write them, but they can t The truth is that everybody has an interesting story they can share with the world and that readers will benefit from, but not many can fill up a hundred or two pages with it Nicole Chung did, and she also wrote I think the point of a memoir is to not only tell an interesting story all the way through but to also teach the r...There s a lot of ink spilled in the lit o sphere over the courage it takes to tell your personal story, so much that it s a kind of cliche Too bad I m going to say it This story is brave ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW is a courageous, beautiful book that deserves all the accolades it s going to get If you ve encountered Nicole Chung s writing before, then you know what to expect If you haven t read one of her essays before, you re in for a treat Clear, elegant, prose Beautiful but efficient No w There s a lot of ink spilled in the lit o sphere over the courage it takes to tell your personal story, so much that it s a kind of cliche Too bad I m going to say it This story is brave ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW is a courageous, beautiful book that deserves all the accolades it s going to get If you ve encountered Nicole Chung s writing before, then you know what to expect If you haven t read one of her essays before, you re in for a treat Clear, elegant, prose Beautiful but efficient No words wasted each and every one important further testament to Chung s skill as an editor, too Writing about your fam...

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08 December 2018

Nicole Chung