An adoptee's search for identity takes her on a journey from Minnesota to Korea and back as she seeks to resolve the dualities that have long defined her life: Korean-born, American-raised, never fully belonging to either. For years, Korean adoptee Jane Jeong Trenka tried to be the ideal daughter. S[...]

With inventive and radiant prose that includes real and imagined letters, a fairy tale, a one-act play, crossword puzzles, and child-welfare manuals, Trenka recounts a childhood of insecurity, a battle with a stalker that escalates to a plot for her murder, and an extraordinary trip to Seoul to meet[...]

Nahkasukka-sarjan päähenkilö Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo on rajaseutujen eränkävijä 1700-luvun alun New Yorkissa. Hirventappaja kertoo hänen nuoruudenseikkailuistaan Hudsonjoella ja siitä, miten hänestä tuli sarjan muista kirjoista tuttu Haukansilmä.

Natty Bumppo on ristiriitojen [...]