{"product_id":"ma-and-me-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Ma and Me: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePutsata Reang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A nuanced mediation on love, identity, and belonging. This story of survival radiates with resilience and hope.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This openhearted memoir . . . opens the door to include queer descendants of war survivors into the growing American library of love.\" --Sarah Schulman, author of \u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eMa and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning, deeply moving memoir about love, debt, and duty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePutsata Reang\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and a journalist whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe San Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Born in Cambodia and raised in rural Oregon, Reang has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries, including Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Thailand. She is an alumna of residencies at Hedgebrook, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and Mineral School, and she has received fellowships from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and Jack Straw Cultural Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 7.93 x 5.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732230049855,"sku":"9781250867124","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9e3c683822b1f1356bceafb35c8cafea.webp?v=1765131744","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ma-and-me-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}