Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale

By Belle Yang

Book Overview

In Forget Sorrow , Yang makes her debut into the graphic form with the story of her father's family, reunited under the House of Yang in Manchuria during the Second World War and struggling--both together and individually--to weather poverty, famine, and, later, Communist oppression. The parallels between Belle Yang's journey of self-discovery and the lives and choices of her grandfather, his brothers, and their father (the Patriarch) speak powerfully of the conflicts between generations--and of possibilities for reconciliation. Forget Sorrow demonstrates the power of storytelling and remembrance, as Belle--in telling this story--finds the strength to honor both her father and herself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039306834X
• ISBN13: 9780393068344
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.0" x 7.6"