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**From a writer whose work has been called "breathtaking and dazzling" by Roxane Gay, this moving, illuminating, and multifaceted memoir explores, in a series of essays, the emotional scars we carry when dealing with mental and physical illnesses --reminiscent of *The Collected Schizophrenias* and *An Unquiet Mind*. **In this stunning debut, Laura Lee weaves unforgettable and eye-opening essays on a variety of taboo topics.In "History of Scars" and "Aluminum's Erosions," Laura dives head-first into heavier themes revolving around intimacy, sexuality, trauma, mental illness, and the passage of time. In "Poetry of the World," Laura shifts and addresses the grief she feels by being geographically distant from her mother whom, after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, is relocated to a nursing home in Korea.Through the vivid imagery of mountain climbing, cooking, studying writing, and growing up Korean American, Lee explores the legacy...

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Author

Laura Lee

Publisher

Atria Books

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781982127299

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Collections, Medical