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The Magical Language of Others explores selfhood, language, and family bonds E.J. Koh s poetic memoir asks, Where do the stories of our mothers and grandmothers end and ours begin? Author: New Day Northwest Updated: 11:56 AM PST March 10, 2021 SEATTLE At age 15, Eun Ji Koh and her brother were left behind in California while her parents returned to work in South Korea. What was thought to be a temporary arrangement continued for many years. Her mother wrote her letters each week but she wasn t able to fully understand them until many years later. In her memoir, The Magical Language of Others, Eun Ji translates the letters and looks to history, poetry, and her life experience to answer deep questions about family relationships, forgiveness, and reconciliation. ....
Here are a half-dozen recommended paperbacks, if your bedside table is currently bare. âThe Magical Language of Othersâ by E.J. Koh Seattle author Kohâs intergenerational memoir, a recent winner of a Pacific Northwest Book Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, was inspired by letters written to Koh in Korean by her mother, who left her children behind in California in order to return to South Korea for work. A reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle described the book as âa wonder: a challenging and deep meditation on how wounds of the past and present inform our relationship with those outside of us, which is to say, everyone.â ....
The days are getting longer, right? That means more time for reading, at least by my definition. Here are a half-dozen recommended paperback, if your bedside table is currently bare. ....