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• Accidentally on Purpose

  Kish, Kristen

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  Accidentally on Purpose dives into Kristen Kish's childhood as a Korean adoptee in the Midwest, finding purpose in kitchens, and becoming the season 10 winner of -- and now the Emmy-nominated host -- of Top Chef, coming out in her adult…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goddess Complex

  a Novel

  Sathian, Sanjena

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  Sanjana Satyananda is trying to recover her life. It's been a year since she walked out on her husband, a struggling actor named Killian, at a commune in India, after a disagreement about whether to have children. Now, Sanjana is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emperor of Gladness : A Novel

  Vuong, Ocean

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  One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Beautiful, Ridiculous City

  a Graphic Memoir

  Sohini, Kay

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  "This Beautiful, Ridiculous City" is a vibrant graphic memoir of a woman--an immigrant, a survivor, a writer, a foodie, and, ultimately, an optimist -- who rebuilds her life in New York City while recovering from the trauma of an abusive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Leave It Up to You : A Novel

  Chong, Jinwoo

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  A coma can change a man, but the world Jack Jr. awakens to is one he barely recognizes. His advertising job is history, his Manhattan apartment is gone, and the love of his life has left him behind. He's been asleep for two years; with no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Matchmaker : A Novel

  Saeed, Aisha

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  Business has never been better for Nura Khan, a third-generation matchmaker in Atlanta. Her exclusive clientele benefits from her impeccable track record. And while a single thirty-one-year-old matchmaker would normally raise some…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Docile

  Memoirs of a Not-so-perfect Asian Girl

  Song, Hyeseung

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  For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a searing coming-of-age memoir about the daughter of ambitious Asian American immigrants and her search for self-worth.

• Memory Piece

  a Novel

  Ko, Lisa

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  Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of alienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families, each wants to live a meaningful life. They envision a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rental Person Who Does Nothing

  a Memoir

  Morimoto, Shoji

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  Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told that he was a 'do-nothing' because he lacked initiative. Dispirited and unemployed, it occurred to him that if he was so good at doing nothing, perhaps he could turn it into a business. And with one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silver Repetition

  a Novel

  Wang, Lily, 1997-

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  Silver Repetition is a coming-of-age novel that delicately illuminates the fullness of identity despite fractures in language, culture, and relationships.

• The Storm We Made

  a Novel

  Chan, Vanessa (Novelist)

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  The Storm We Made is a spellbinding, sweeping novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII -- and the shocking consequences that rain upon her community and family.

• Age of Vice

  a Novel

  Kapoor, Deepti

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  New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Accidental Blooms

  a Memoir

  Honda, Keiko (Artist)

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  Keiko Honda is living a successful, busy life as a scientist of cancer epidemiology at Columbia University in New York City when one morning she abruptly loses all strength in her legs. Within hours, she can barely breathe. She soon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brown Boy

  a Memoir

  Aziz, Omer

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  Brown Boy is an uncompromising interrogation of identity, family, religion, race, and class, told through Omer Aziz's incisive and luminous prose. Weaving together his powerful personal narrative with the books and friendships that move…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Falling Back in Love With Being Human

  Letters to Lost Souls

  Thom, Kai Cheng

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  Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an activist, psychotherapist, conflict mediator, and spiritual healer, she's always pursued the same deeply personal mission: to embrace the revolutionary…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• While Time Remains

  a North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America

  Park, Yeonmi, 1993-

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  After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love From Mecca to Medina

  Ali, S. K.

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  Adam and Zayneb embark on the Umrah, a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, in Saudi Arabia, but as one wedge after another drives them apart while they make their way through rites in the holy city, Adam and Zayneb start to wonder if their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• People Change

  Shraya, Vivek, 1981-

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  Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. In fact, nobody knows this better than Vivek, who's made a career of embracing many roles: artist, performer, musician, writer, model,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Pronounce Knife

  Stories

  Thammavongsa, Souvankham, 1978-

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  In her stunning debut book of fiction, Souvankham Thammavongsa focuses on characters struggling to make a living, illuminating their hopes, disappointments, love affairs, acts of defiance, and above all their pursuit of a place to belong.

• Chop Suey Nation

  the Legion Cafe and Other Stories From Canada's Chinese Restaurants

  Hui, Ann, 1983-

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  In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. It was only after the story was published that she discovered her own…Read moreRead more of this annotation