The Shared Room - Rilegato

Yang, Kao Kalia

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1517907942 ISBN 13: 9781517907945

Casa editrice: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2020

Riassunto

A family gradually moves forward after the loss of a child—a story for readers of all ages

When someone you love dies, you know what doesn’t die? Love. On the hot beach, among colorful umbrellas blooming beneath a bright sun, no one saw a little girl walk into the water. Now, many months later, her bedroom remains empty, her drawers hold her clothes, her pillows and sheets still have her scent, and her mother and father, brothers and sister carry her in their hearts, along with their grief, which takes up so much space. Then one snowy day, the mother and father ask the girl’s older brother, “Would you like a room of your own?” He wants to know, “Whose?” They say, “Your sister’s.”

Tenderly, and with refreshing authenticity, beloved Minnesota writer Kao Kalia Yang tells the story of a Hmong American family living with loss and tremendous love. Her direct and poignant words are accompanied by the evocative and expressive drawings of Hmong American artist Xee Reiter. The Shared Room brings a message of comfort and hope to readers young and old.

Su questo libro

Informazioni sull?autore

Kao Kalia Yang is a mother of three and a writer of both adult and children’s literature. She is author of A Map into the World, the award-winning memoirs The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir and The Song Poet, and is coeditor with Shannon Gibney of What God Is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color (Minnesota, 2019). Her dream is to create books that a child can grow up with and an adult can grow old with. She lives in Minnesota where the winters are cold and dry and the summers are hot and humid, but there are days in between that are so very precious and perfect they are a state secret. 

Xee Reiter is a first-generation Hmong-American artist and illustrator. She lives in St. Paul with her husband and three children. 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1517907942
• ISBN 13: 9781517907945
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Disegnatore: Reiter Xee
• Numero di pagine: 32
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile