Names and Faces
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A01=Leise Hook
Asian American
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cartoonist
cartoons
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cultural identity
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essays
family identity
forthcoming
graphic memoir
graphic novel
growing up mixed race
growing up multiracial
identifying with dolls
identifying with media
identity
identity formation
identity politics
international schools
mixed race
moving abroad
multiracial
passing as white
racial identity
unique identities
Product details
- ISBN 9781250845030
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 155 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 18 May 2026
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Who are you? What are you? And how does it feel to be you? Leise Hook was asked these intrusive questions so many times growing up that they haunted her like ghosts. Born to a Chinese mother and white American father, and growing up in Michigan, Tokyo, and Virginia, Leise Hook was never sure where she fit in. More white passing than her Chinese friends and family, but with the Mandarin skills of a native speaker, she was constantly exceeding some expectations while failing to meet others. From moving to Beijing, to dying her hair blonde, to exploring self portraiture, Hook struggles to figure out who she is and where she belongs.
In the vein of Cathy Park Hong and Gene Luen Yang, Hook’s graphic memoir-in-essays rendered via her signature, award-winning style, explores what it means to come of age as a mixed-race woman, forging a singular identity in a world intent on putting her into ill-fitting boxes.
