Docile: Memoirs of a Not So Perfect Asian Girl

Hyeseung Song is a daughter of Korean immigrants & she spends her early years in Texas where her loyalties are divided between a restless father in search of big money and her mother whose domineering and overbearing whose resentments about her own life affect her relationship with her daughter. Throughout the memoir, we go on this journey with Hyesung when she deals with the weight of others expectations, to her entering a psychiatric hospital to discover what it is that she wants and who she is and finding her self-worth.

Writing & Important Lessons

Hyeseung’s writing is descriptive, and it flows beautifully as though you were reading fiction instead of nonfiction. I feel all of us can relate to her in some sense because our parents or other family members might want us to live and pursue something one way while our talents and what we love are the opposite of what our family wants. I was rooting for Hyeseung all the way and I love how she finally stood her ground and pursued art and writing. I also liked how despite her parents being conservative Korean Catholics, that they didn’t judge her for ending her marriage with Nick. I’m Catholic myself and I understand not all marriages work out.

Overall

Overall, I recommend Docile: Memoirs of a Not So Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song which will be available to read on July 16^th. Thank you Hyeseung for putting your story out there for all of us to read. Your writing does make a difference and your memoir will be helping those along the way. I can’t wait to read what you will write next whether it’s another memoir or if it’s a fiction read.