Reang Putsata
Reang Putsata - Ma And Me A Memoir - Paperback
Reang Putsata - Ma And Me A Memoir - Paperback
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Description: Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award. A nuanced mediation on love identity and belonging. This story of survival radiates with resilience and hope. Publishers Weekly (starred review) This openhearted memoir opens the door to include queer descendants of war survivors into the growing American library of love. Sarah Schulman author of Let the Record Show When Putsata Reang was eleven months old her family fled war - torn Cambodia spending twenty - three days on an overcrowded navy vessel before finding sanctuary at an American naval base in the Philippines. Holding what appeared to be a lifeless baby Ma resisted the captain's orders to throw her bundle overboard. Instead on landing Ma rushed her baby into the arms of American military nurses and doctors who saved the child's life. I had hope just a little you were still alive Ma would tell Putsata in an oft - repeated story that became family legend. Over the years Putsata lives to please Ma and make her proud hustling to repay her life debt by becoming the consummate good Cambodian daughter working steadfastly by Ma's side in the berry fields each summer and eventually building a successful career as an award - winning journalist. But Putsata's adoration and efforts are no match for Ma's expectations. When Putsata comes out to Ma in her twenties Ma tells her it's just a phase. When Putsata fails to bring home a Khmer boyfriend it's because she's not trying hard enough. When at the age of forty Putsata tells Ma she is finally getting married to a woman it breaks their bond in two. In her startling memoir Putsata Reang explores the long legacy of inherited trauma and the crushing weight of cultural and filial duty. With rare clarity and lyric wisdom Ma and Me is a stunning deeply moving memoir about love debt and duty.
Title: Ma And Me A Memoir
Author(s): Reang Putsata
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250867124
Pages: 400 Pages, 2 Black-And-White Photographs
Publication Date: 5/16/2023
Category: Ethnic Minorities & Multicultural Studies
Description: Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award. A nuanced mediation on love identity and belonging. This story of survival radiates with resilience and hope. Publishers Weekly (starred review) This openhearted memoir opens the door to include queer descendants of war survivors into the growing American library of love. Sarah Schulman author of Let the Record Show When Putsata Reang was eleven months old her family fled war - torn Cambodia spending twenty - three days on an overcrowded navy vessel before finding sanctuary at an American naval base in the Philippines. Holding what appeared to be a lifeless baby Ma resisted the captain's orders to throw her bundle overboard. Instead on landing Ma rushed her baby into the arms of American military nurses and doctors who saved the child's life. I had hope just a little you were still alive Ma would tell Putsata in an oft - repeated story that became family legend. Over the years Putsata lives to please Ma and make her proud hustling to repay her life debt by becoming the consummate good Cambodian daughter working steadfastly by Ma's side in the berry fields each summer and eventually building a successful career as an award - winning journalist. But Putsata's adoration and efforts are no match for Ma's expectations. When Putsata comes out to Ma in her twenties Ma tells her it's just a phase. When Putsata fails to bring home a Khmer boyfriend it's because she's not trying hard enough. When at the age of forty Putsata tells Ma she is finally getting married to a woman it breaks their bond in two. In her startling memoir Putsata Reang explores the long legacy of inherited trauma and the crushing weight of cultural and filial duty. With rare clarity and lyric wisdom Ma and Me is a stunning deeply moving memoir about love debt and duty.
Title: Ma And Me A Memoir
Author(s): Reang Putsata
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250867124
Pages: 400 Pages, 2 Black-And-White Photographs
Publication Date: 5/16/2023
Category: Ethnic Minorities & Multicultural Studies
