Grace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and a Korean bar hostess he met abroad. Part food memoir, part sociological investigation, National Book Award Finalist "Tastes Like War" is a hybrid text about a daughter's search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother's schizophrenia. The author will speak in a live online talk Feb. 16. Adults.
Grace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and a Korean bar hostess he met abroad. Part food memoir, part sociological investigation, "Tastes Like War" is a hybrid text about a daughter's search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother's schizophrenia. In her mother's final years, Grace learned to cook dishes from her mother's childhood in order to invite the past into the present, and to hold space for her mother's multiple voices at the table.
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Grace Cho will also appear live as part of the DBRL Online Author Series Thursday, February 16 at noon. Learn more and register.
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