Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace - Softcover

Kingston, Maxine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977333833 ISBN 13: 9780977333837

Publisher: Koa Books, 2006

Synopsis

This poignant collection, compiled from Kingston's healing workshops, contains the distilled wisdom of survivors of five wars, including combatants, war widows, spouses, children, conscientious objectors, and veterans of domestic abuse. Vetrans of War, Vetrans of Peace includes accounts from people that grew up in military families, served as medics in the thick of war, or came home to homelessness. All struggle with trauma - PTSD, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence. Through their extraordinary writings, readers witness worlds coming apart and being put back together again through liberating insight, community, and the deep transformation that is possible only by coming to grips with the past.

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About the Author

Maxine Hong Kingston (Chinese: born October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese immigrants living in the United States. She has contributed to the feminist movement with such works as her memoir The Woman Warrior, which discusses gender and ethnicity and how these concepts affect the lives of women. Kingston has received several awards for her contributions to Chinese American Literature including the National Book Award in 1981 for her novel China Men.

Edition details

• Publisher: Koa Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977333833
• ISBN 13: 9780977333837
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 614