This Jade World

by Ira Sukrungruang

Book Overview

2022 Book of the Year Award from the Chicago Writers Association
2022 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist in Memoir
2021 Foreword Indies Finalist

This Jade World centers on a Thai American who has gone through a series of life changes. Ira Sukrungruang married young to an older poet. On their twelfth anniversary, he received a letter asking for a divorce, sending him into a despairing spiral. How would he define himself when he...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496226011
• ISBN13: 9781496226013
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"