Seaweed and Shamans: Inheriting the Gifts of Grief

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Literary Nonfiction. Asian American Studies. Memoir. "Heartfelt and at times heart-rending SEAWEED AND SHAMANS details Brenda Paik Sunoos journey through grief into solace. Written with courage and generosity her collection of essays traverses personal memory and Korean-American history as well as the thoughts and drawings garnered from diary entries of the child she lost. A testimony to the endurance of faith and art life and love. SEAWEED AND SHAMANS is a gift of healing"--Nora Okja Keller author of Comfort Woman and Fox Girl.