Sidework - Paperback
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Sidework - Paperback
$21.95
by Sasha Wol-Soon Hom (Author)
Sasha Hom's Sidework is a lyric, page-turning novella about a homeless Korean adoptee and mother of four. During her busy Sunday shift waiting tables, her customers-- rock stars, locals, and the Grim Reaper himself-- bring her face to face with larger issues of motherhood, suicide, environmental degradation, death, and belonging.
In this thought-provoking and often humorous debut from award-winning author Sasha Hom, herself a Korean adoptee and mother of four, the protagonist loses her home when the intentional community/commune where she and her family used to live-- off-grid, in a canvas tent on three hundred acres-- is sold. Sidework takes place during a Sunday breakfast shift as the homeless hero waits tables at a popular ' Cash Only' diner tucked in the Redwoods, frequented by growers, rock stars, Dreamers, tycoons, and tourists alike. But with each order she takes, each interaction serves only to bring her closer to her ghosts. Unnamed and unknown, from far-off continents, they ask her what it means to be a good mother. Intricately woven, lyric, and atmospherically layered, Hom's debut marries the mystic and mythic with the mundane while taking on issues of immigration, colonization, climate change, homophobia, motherhood, and adoption.Author Biography
Sasha Wol-Soon Hom was born in Korea and adopted by a Chinese American family from Oakland, CA. She is the recipient of a Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series Award and a Brink Literary Journal Award for Hybrid Writing. She's received support from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, Elizabeth George Foundation, and the Vermont Arts Council. Her work has appeared in The Millions, Kweli Journal, Exposition Review and elsewhere. She lives in Central Vermont in a yurt on a 600-acre land co-op with her partner, four children and a herd of goats.
Number of Pages: 110
Dimensions: 0.39 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: March 18, 2025
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