{"product_id":"lee-julayne-not-my-white-savior","title":"Lee, Julayne: Not My White Savior","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare Bird Books (paperback, 2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: A provocative and furious book about race, culture, identity and what it means to be an inter-country adoptee in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulayne Lee was born in South Korea to a mother she never knew. When she was an infant, she was adopted by a white Christian family in Minnesota, where she was sent to grow up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot My White Savior\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir in poems, exploring what it is to be a transracial and inter-country adoptee, and what it means to grow up being constantly told how better your life is because you were rescued from your country of origin. Following Julayne Lee from Korea to Minnesota and finally to Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003eNot My White Savior\u003c\/i\u003e asks what does \"better\" mean? In which ways was the journey she went on better than what she would have otherwise experienced?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot My White Savior\u003c\/i\u003e is angry, brilliant, unapologetic, and unforgiving. A vicious ride of a book that is sure to spark discussion and debate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32906840539159,"sku":"9781945572432","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/jl_5e09f5de-880f-4e38-8f5d-c5c15e0fe9be.gif?v=1602202699","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/lee-julayne-not-my-white-savior","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}