{"product_id":"worldly-girls-a-memoir-9781771669504","title":"Worldly Girls: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamara Jong's powerful memoir documents the slow unravelling of her connection to her faith and the tragic history of her fractured family, shining a light into the dark corners of memory that have haunted her well into adulthood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith clear-eyed honesty and written in sparse yet searing prose, Jong collects the fragments of her unconventional childhood, with her busy schedule of Jehovah's Witness meetings, Bible study, and door-to-door ministering. She also details her emotionally distant father and alcoholic mother's tumultuous marriage, her deep yearnings to become a mother after the loss of her own, and her struggles with mental health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter corporate and spiritual burnout, and a suicide attempt at the age of thirty-two, Jong comes to understand that the strict religion she had long believed would protect her prevented her from pursuing her true sense of self. In a story that traverses a wide range of potent themes--including addiction, estrangement, grief, infertility, and forgiveness--the ultimate message of \u003ci\u003eWorldly Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is one of hope as Jong finds her own path to healing and belonging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTAMARA JONG\u003c\/b\u003e is a Tiohtià ke (Montréal) born writer of Chinese and European ancestry. Her work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eHumber Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoom Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fiddlehead\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been both long and shortlisted for various creative nonfiction prizes. She is a graduate of The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University, and a former member of \u003ci\u003eRoom Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's collective. She currently lives and works on Treaty 3 territory, the occupied and ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinabewaki, Attiwonderonk, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (Guelph, ON). \u003ci\u003eWorldly Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777295646994,"sku":"9781771669504","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d7103c5b-9aae-4382-886c-b8511f828996.jpg?v=1765359939","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/worldly-girls-a-memoir-9781771669504","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}