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Stay true : a memoir / by Hsu, Hua,1977-author.;
"From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken--with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity--is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, a first-generation Taiwanese American who has a 'zine and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn't seem to have a place for either of them. But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become best friends, a friendship built of late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the textbook successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first meet. Determined to hold on to all that was left of his best friend--his memories--Hua turned to writing. Stay True is the book he's been working on ever since. A coming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary, Stay True is a bracing memoir about growing up, and about moving through the world in search of meaning and belonging"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Hsu, Hua, 1977-; Hsu, Hua, 1977-; Ishida, Kenneth N., 1977-1998.; University of California, Berkeley; Children of immigrants; Coming of age.; Murder victims; Popular culture; Taiwanese Americans; Taiwanese Americans;
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The talk [graphic novel] / by Bell, Darrin,author.;
"This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that-to paraphrase Toni Morrison-does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic water gun. "She told me I'm a lot more likely to be shot by police than my friend was if they saw me with it, because police tend to think little Black boys-even light-skinned ones-are older than they really are, and less innocent than they really are." Bell examines how "the talk" has shaped nearly every moment of his life into adulthood and fatherhood. Through evocative original illustrations, The Talk is a meditation on this coming-of-age-as Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and strangers, and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans like Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner, and showcasing his award-winning cartoons along the way, Bell takes us up to the very moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and when he must have "the talk" with a six-year-old son of his own"--
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Personal narratives.; African American boys; African American children; African American youth; Child rearing; Coming of age; Discrimination in law enforcement; Parent and child; Police brutality; Race relations; Racism;
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The family / by Krupitsky, Naomi,author.;
"A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Female friendship; Italian American families; Mafia;
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The road is good : how a mother's strength became a daughter's purpose / by Aduba, Uzo,author.;
"The Road Is Good is a memoir of Black immigrant identity, the coming-of-age story of Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba, one of the stars of the television series Orange is the New Black"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Aduba, Uzo.; African American actresses; Nigerian Americans;
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The Friday afternoon club : a family memoir / by Dunne, Griffin,author.;
"A memoir and coming-of-age story chronicling the successes and disappointments, wit and wildness of Dunne and his multigenerational family of larger-than-life characters"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Dunne, Griffin.; Dunne, Griffin; Actors;
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Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant : a memoir / by Chin, Curtis,author.;
"Chin's memoir explores the experiences of Asian Americans and the LGBTQ+ community -- along with some wonderful descriptions of food-in a hopeful, brash, and inquisitive exploration of identity and coming of age"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Chin, Curtis.; Asian Americans; Gay men; Authors;
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Tart : Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef. by Slutty Cheff.;
An exquisite mix of raw Anthony Bourdain-style honesty with the sharp wit of Lena Dunhams 'Girls', 'Tart' is a hilarious, hot, and steamy account of coming of age in and out of the kitchen, from the anonymous chef and columnist, Slutty Cheff.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; HUMOR / Topic / Men, Women & Relationships;
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Our little world : a novel / by Winn, Karen,author.;
"From debut author Karen Winn, a powerful and lyrical coming-of-age novel that examines the complicated bond of sisterhood, the corrosive power of envy, and how the traumas of our youths can shape our identities for a lifetime"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Secrecy; Sisters;
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Finding Junie Kim / by Oh, Ellen.;
A tale based on true events follows the coming-of-age of a girl who is motivated by an act of racism at school to learn about her ancestral heritage and her grandparents' experiences as lost children during the Korean War.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Korean War, 1950-1953; Korean Americans; Grandparent and child; Racism; Middle schools;
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Kissing girls on Shabbat : a memoir / by Glass, Sara,author.;
A moving coming-of-age memoir about one young woman's desperate attempt to protect her children and family while also embracing her queer identity in a controlling Hasidic community.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Glass, Sara.; Gender-nonconforming people.; Homosexuality; Jewish lesbians.; Sex; Sexual minority community.;
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