![]() ![]() In her unhappiness at not fitting in, Robin blames her mother, but soon ditches this resentment, because her mother is her only true ally against the world. “Just like that, everything I loved was suddenly snatched away from me.” Robin can’t wait to return to Seoul, but then her mother announces her engagement to Mr. “I wondered what all these Korean people were doing here in the middle of nowhere in America.” Two younger children barely speak Korean, which astounds her. ![]() She also loves the city, where every corner “is full of stores and people.” When she and her mother visit her mother’s boyfriend’s family in Alabama, Robin feels uprooted, disoriented. Her mother owns, manages, and works in a beauty salon, and her father is never around. This autobiographical tale portrays childhood in Seoul, where Robin experiences the stigma of being an out-of-wedlock child. ![]() This is what happens in Robin Ha’s young adult graphic novel, Almost American Girl, which charts the journey of Robin and her mother from Seoul to Alabama to Virginia, and her salvation from isolation and misery: a comics-illustrating class. Please reload the page and try again.įor immigrants, arriving in a new country, learning a new language, starting at a new school, and making new friends can be tough enough, but blending in with a cold, new family makes it even tougher. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |