“Myung-Hee: Her American Life”

Praise for Myung-Hee: Her American Life

As a first-generation Korean American woman with American-born children, my appreciation of this story is deeply personal. The book also reminds me that I owe my ease and comfort of being a Korean American to Myung-Hee and others like her.

SUNG-YEON PARK, Ph. D

Professor, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno

Beautifully written, it is a story of a young Korean woman forging ahead, told from a deep personal perspective, while reminding us all of the ties that resonate: love, family, and what it truly means to call someplace home.

SIG ROGICH

Former White House Senior Assistant to President George H.W. Bush, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iceland

Pat Hickey’s Myung-Hee: Her American Life is a love story between a wise Korean woman and her idealistic American husband. Through many collisions, their different backgrounds end up being more a complement than a barrier. Their relationship offers a glimpse at the kind of future marriages we are likely to see a lot more of.

MICHAEL BREEN

Author of The New Koreans

Told through the eyes of a devoted husband, this portrait of a young Korean woman and her 50-year marriage in a foreign land is a story of sacrifice and reward.

Transplanted into the ‘new soil’ of America, she grows stronger every year as she learns to ‘live, love, and create’ her own garden of life.

SALLY DENTON

Member, Nevada Writers Hall of Fame