Starry field : a memoir of lost history
(Book)
Author
Published
Brooklyn : Melville House, 2024.
ISBN
1685890938, 9781685890933
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Brookline - New Books | MEMOIR LEE Margaret 2024 | Checked Out |
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cambridge - New Books | 951.903 Lee | On Shelf |
Cambridge Valente - Adult | 951.903 Lee | On Shelf |
Framingham McAuliffe - New Books | B LEE, M.J. Lee | Browse |
Needham - New Books | BIOGRAPHY Lee 2024 | Checked Out |
Newton - New Books | BIO LEE, C. .LE 2024 | On Shelf |
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Published
Brooklyn : Melville House, 2024.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
1685890938, 9781685890933
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a criminal, and his granddaughter was determined to figure out why. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History chronicles Chul Ha's untold story. Combining investigative journalism, oral history, and archival research, Margaret reveals the truth about the grandfather she never knew. What she found is that Lee Chul Ha was not a source of shame; he was a student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for protesting the Japanese government's colonization of Korea. He was a hero--and eventually honored as a Patriot of South Korea almost 60 years after his death. But reclaiming her grandfather's legacy, in the end, isn't what Margaret finds the most valuable. It is through the series of three long-form interviews with her grandmother that Margaret finally finds a sense of recognition she's been missing her entire life. A story of healing old wounds and the reputation of an extraordinary young man, Starry Field bridges the tales of two women, generations and oceans apart, who share the desire to build family in someplace called home. Starry Field weaves together the stories of Margaret's family against the backdrop of Korea's tumultuous modern history, with a powerful question at its heart. Can we ever separate ourselves from our family's past--and if the answer is yes, should we?
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lee, M. J. (2024). Starry field: a memoir of lost history . Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Margaret Juhae. 2024. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History. Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Margaret Juhae. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History Melville House, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lee, Margaret Juhae. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History Melville House, 2024.
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