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Asian American and Pacific Islander Well-Being & memoirbooks

Below are the best books we could find on Asian American and Pacific Islander Well-Being and memoir.

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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America.

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Somewhere in the Middle: A Journey to the Philippines in Search of Roots, Belonging, and Identity

Half Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to know more about her Filipino heritage.

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Living for Change

No one can tell in advance what form a movement will take. Grace Lee Boggs’s fascinating autobiography traces the story of a woman who transcended class and racial boundaries to pursue her passionate belief in a better society. Now with a new foreword by Robin D. G.

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Fairest: A Memoir

Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction “Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs.” —The New York Times Book Review “A ball of light hurled into the dark undertow of migration and survival.

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Sharks in the Time of Saviors: A Novel

In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst.

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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets and Advice for Living Your Best Life

In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume.

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Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds

Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II—an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption—this is a riveting chronicle of U.S.

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Worlds Apart: My Personal Life Journey through Transcultural Poverty, Privilege, and Passion

Worlds Apart is a deeply personal and beautifully written narrative about being plunged into a new culture as a child – and daring to emerge as a unique presence in an adopted society.

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