{"product_id":"9781546003236-the-shape-of-my-eyes","title":"The Shape of My Eyes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Memoir of Race, Faith, and Finding Myself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter losing his Korean mother and finding out his white father is not his biological father, Dave Gibbons embarks on a cultural and spiritual journey from the United States to South Korea and back again in order to rediscover an identity he had denied for so long in order to, ultimately, become a better man, father, and spiritual leader.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA touching, humorous account of the author's cultural reckoning with his Korean heritage and hidden family secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA surprising diagnosis of PTSD led Dave Gibbons to look to his past for clues to explain the unexpected result.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn to an American soldier and a Korean mother in the wake of the Korean War, Dave has spent his life struggling  to blend his Korean roots and his very American upbringing. The family joins a conservative church that embraces a strict, rule-based faith, and they try to navigate life as one of the few mixed-raced families in their community. But when tragedy strikes, tearing the family apart, Dave is forced to face long- buried secrets that he can no longer ignore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he explores his family's difficult past, he confronts his own pain and the persistent feelings of not quite fitting in either in America or his mother's home country. And when a DNA test ultimately reveals a truth that shatters everything he understood about his history, he begins the journey to reconcile his American upbringing with his deep Korean roots, and he is forced to confront the traumas he unknowingly carried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shape of My Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully weaves historic reference points of the oppression and discrimination against Asian Americans with Dave's own personal story. Dave's wrestling with belonging in his family, in America, and in the church creates a raw, thought-provoking memoir about race, religion and finding home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614516551777,"sku":"9781546003236","price":19.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_24523812.jpg?v=1718039998","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781546003236-the-shape-of-my-eyes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}