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Something Inside Me Knows: a Memoir
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$30.00
Available on Mar 30, 2027 | 288 Pages
National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Malinda Lo delivers an inspiring memoir in verse about losing her language, finding her voice, and honoring her ancestors.
In 1978, when Malinda Lo was three years old, she sat on her white American-born grandmother’s lap in a wheelchair as her father pushed them across a wooden bridge out of the People’s Republic of China. She does not remember the crossing that redefined her life; she has only been told the story.
In her debut memoir Lo connects her childhood in Colorado to her grandmother’s experiences in wartime China to her life as an acclaimed author. Through free verse, found poetry, and historical documents, Something Inside Me Knows excavates the tangled roots of Lo’s identity and heritage, exposing the unspoken traumas and narratives that shape us—even if we can’t remember them.
In 1978, when Malinda Lo was three years old, she sat on her white American-born grandmother’s lap in a wheelchair as her father pushed them across a wooden bridge out of the People’s Republic of China. She does not remember the crossing that redefined her life; she has only been told the story.
In her debut memoir Lo connects her childhood in Colorado to her grandmother’s experiences in wartime China to her life as an acclaimed author. Through free verse, found poetry, and historical documents, Something Inside Me Knows excavates the tangled roots of Lo’s identity and heritage, exposing the unspoken traumas and narratives that shape us—even if we can’t remember them.
Author
Malinda Lo
Malinda Lo is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including most recently A Scatter of Light. Her novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club won the National Book Award, the Stonewall Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, a Michael L. Printz Honor, and was an LA Times Book Prize finalist. Kirkus Reviews hailed it as one of the best books of the 21st century so far. In addition to her work as an author, Malinda advocates for the First-Amendment rights of her fellow writers. She has been a vocal member of the Mass Freedom to Read coalition, which successfully supported the passage of An Act Regarding Free Expression in Massachusetts, and she has been a co-plaintiff in federal lawsuits in Iowa and Idaho that challenge statewide laws that lead to censorship. Born in Guangzhou, China, Malinda immigrated to the United States as a child with her family, and grew up near Boulder, Colorado. She now lives in Massachusetts with her wife and their dog.
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