"Jessi Hempel was raised in a seemingly picture-perfect, middle-class American family. But the truth was far from perfect. Her father was constantly away from home, traveling for work, while her stay-at-home mother became increasingly lonely and erratic. Growing up, Jessi and her two siblings struggled to make sense of their family, their world, their changing bodies, and the emotional turmoil each was experiencing. And each, in their own way, was...

A rebellious, refined, provocative, and audacious volume from award-winning poet Marilyn Chin.

"Explore the question 'Where are you from?' through the small moments in a boy's day"--