Hair: A Lai M? Memoir

Jade Hidle grew up tweezing her mother’s hairs. As the distance between them grew, she began pulling her own.

Born in the shadow of mixed-race Vietnamese children deemed “bụi đời” (“dust of life”), she struggled to find belonging in her family’s cultures. Her yearning for acceptance propelled her to search for her identity in ghosts, Hollywood stars, punk music, teachers and students, tattoo artists, and a string of therapists. Through these fluctuating relationships that dented and defined...