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Tell Me the Dream Again: Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging Hardcover – May 9, 2023

by Tasha Jun (Author), Alia Joy (Foreword)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 95 ratings
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“This mesmerizes.” ―Publishers Weekly starred review

“I’ve always felt unfit as a Korean but somehow too Korean everywhere else.”

Tasha Jun has always been caught between worlds: American and Korean, faith and doubt, family devotion and fierce independence. As a Korean American, she wandered between seemingly opposing worlds, struggling to find a voice to speak and a firm place for her feet to land.

The world taught Tasha that her Korean normal was a barrier to belonging―that assimilation was the only way she would ever be truly accepted. But if that were true, did that mean God had made a mistake in knitting her together?

Told with tender honesty and compelling prose, Tell Me the Dream Again is a memoir-in-essays exploring
  • what it means to be biracial in America today
  • the joy and healing that comes with embracing every part of who we are, and
  • how our identity in Christ is tightly woven with the unique colors, scents, and culture he’s given us.
We are not outsiders to God. When we let all the details of ourselves unfold―when we embrace who we were divinely knit together to be―this is when we’ll fully experience his perfect love.
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  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Tyndale Momentum
  4. Publication date
    May 9, 2023
  5. Dimensions
    5.33 x 0.78 x 7.85 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1496459571
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1496459572
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Tasha Jun is a Korean American writer. She grew up in a multicultural and biracial home.

Tasha Jun writes about ethnic identity and being biracial.

"God speaks to me in English, but in my dreams, he speaks to me in Korean."

Tasha Jun speaks into how Jesus welcomes and offers a home for everyone.

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Starred review. “I’ve always been caught between worlds . . . struggling to find a firm place to land,” writes Jun of negotiating a biracial identity in this stirring debut. The daughter of a Korean mother and a white father, Jun recalls how, as a kid, she’d think of purging the fridge of kimchi before her friends came over―“Did we appear to be normal?” she’d wonder self-consciously―while also privately aching for the Korean language and traditions that had never been hers. (Her mother hadn’t spoken Korean at home.) Jun’s long struggle to accept her identity included traveling to Korea, where she was seen as an outsider, and navigating her fraught relationship with her mother, who slowly shared stories about a pain-filled past growing up during and after the Korean War, “bringing food to her dad in a dirt bunker [and] seeing dead bodies in the streets.” In high school, Jun built a devotion to Jesus that helped her find wholeness because of her biracial identity―which she’d once thought of as both “too Asian and not Asian enough”―rather than in spite of it. Jun writes in lyrical prose, with longing simmering below the surface on almost every page―“the [Korean] language has always pulled at me like a map that promises to show the way home.” This mesmerizes. Publishers Weekly

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tyndale Momentum (May 9, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496459571
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496459572
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.33 x 0.78 x 7.85 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 95 ratings

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Tasha Jun is an author who has spent her life navigating cultural collisions and liminal space. She believes the middle spaces and the margins teach us how to see one another as poetry and treasure. She is passionate about stories, curiosity, and helping others embrace themselves as wholly beloved image bearers. She writes about ethnic identity, belonging, and everyday life, with nuance, melancholy and grace. Writing has always been the way God has led her out of hiding and towards the hope of shalom.

She lives in Indiana with her husband and three kids.

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What a heartfelt exploration of family history, intergenerational trauma, and how God uses and is within our cultural experiences. One of my favorite reads from this past year.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024
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Excellent book! This author knows how to express herself very well in this book! I could relate to her feelings and felt as if we were talking to each other in person regarding the content of this book! Amazing writer! She goes into detail about her life experiences being a biracial woman and how that affected her relationship with others and in choosing her husband. At the end of her book, she has a wonderful Discussion Guide to ponder and reflect on for each chapter. I can see how This book would be an excellent introduction for a small group to utilize in a discussion about being biracial in today’s world. I myself am biracial and related with this author in a very compelling way. I would wholeheartedly recommend reading this book to anyone who either is biracial or knows someone who is. This book is very insightful and informative. She shares how her relationship with God is her source throughout her experiences in life.
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Marie C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend This Beautiful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2023
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Tell Me the Dream Again is written in lyrical prose that reads like soothing poetry for the soul. Tasha Jun poignantly and vulnerably articulates the struggles immigrant families experience: the tension of being caught between two worlds and the difficult choice of assimilation or being one's authentic self. Although this is a memoir, Tasha's story helps readers reflect on their own family histories as she compassionately leads readers on a journey to a hopeful place where their stories can be redeemed.

As an Asian American woman, I felt seen and my voice heard as Tasha tenderly addressed the pain, loss, and grief that accompanies intergenerational trauma, and the invisibility that many Asian Americans feel from lack of representation and a desire to belong. The book encouraged me to embrace my entire ethnic identity, to view my cultural heritage as intentionally designed by God for His good purposes, and to wholly integrate it into my faith. A beautifully written book that weaves symbolism from Korean folktales that threads the whole story together.

Truly a worthwhile read filled with deep insights! A great book to give to friends and includes reflection questions to discuss in a small group or book club!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend This Beautiful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2023
Tell Me the Dream Again is written in lyrical prose that reads like soothing poetry for the soul. Tasha Jun poignantly and vulnerably articulates the struggles immigrant families experience: the tension of being caught between two worlds and the difficult choice of assimilation or being one's authentic self. Although this is a memoir, Tasha's story helps readers reflect on their own family histories as she compassionately leads readers on a journey to a hopeful place where their stories can be redeemed.

As an Asian American woman, I felt seen and my voice heard as Tasha tenderly addressed the pain, loss, and grief that accompanies intergenerational trauma, and the invisibility that many Asian Americans feel from lack of representation and a desire to belong. The book encouraged me to embrace my entire ethnic identity, to view my cultural heritage as intentionally designed by God for His good purposes, and to wholly integrate it into my faith. A beautifully written book that weaves symbolism from Korean folktales that threads the whole story together.

Truly a worthwhile read filled with deep insights! A great book to give to friends and includes reflection questions to discuss in a small group or book club!
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Sara Easterly
5.0 out of 5 stars A memoir with heart and relevance.
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024
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Jun's powerful, lyrical memoir centers around her spiritual journey to embrace her identity in the both/and that "is a reality of mixed-race lives from the moment we're born." Told with heart and vulnerability, we follow Jun through various vignettes of her life as her understanding and integration of her cultural and racial identity grows. Once rejecting her mother's miyeokguk and now embracing the fullness in her mother's chosen name: Jeong (a word which contains multitudes and means "love in the simplest sense"), Tell Me the Dream Again is also a poignant mother-daughter story and compassionate look at intergenerational wounding and the ghosts that "have crossed oceans and survived generations."
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Dj
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended read !!! ✨✨✨
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2023
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Tasha so beautifully articulates the nuanced experiences as a Korean American. Such beautiful and powerful writing! Will be purchasing for gifting this holiday season!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended read !!! ✨✨✨
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2023
Tasha so beautifully articulates the nuanced experiences as a Korean American. Such beautiful and powerful writing! Will be purchasing for gifting this holiday season!
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Natasha Akery
5.0 out of 5 stars A Memoir of Being Biracial and Multicultural as an American Christian
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023
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“Tell Me the Dream Again” is a vulnerable depiction of a woman’s experience of being biracial not only in America, but in the context of American Christianity. There are many moments that can be relatable for mixed race people and others that feel singular and unique to the author, reminding readers that being biracial is not a monolith. I am impressed that the publisher gave this story a platform as Tasha’s memoir does not shy away from critiquing Christian spaces when it comes to bias, prejudice, and racism. The book is poignant, sincere, and easy to read in a single sitting if one desired. It is an important addition to discourse surrounding Asian American identity and mixed race experiences.
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Mary Carver
5.0 out of 5 stars Heart-wrenching and Healing
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023
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Tasha's book is a beautiful collection of stories about her mother and herself, focusing on their experience as Asian-American women of faith. Every hard, lovely word is connected in a way that is stunning and moving. Whether or not you are biracial or multi-ethnic, these stories of the ways our family history affects both our present and, in particular, our understanding of God will resonate. Five stars, highly recommend! (The audiobook is especially wonderful.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read it twice back to back
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023
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Such a beautifully written memoir we can all relate to if we have ever been in liminal spaces. I saw myself in many of the scenarios the author describes, not just from the experiences unique to Korean-Americans but also as someone who has ever experienced feeling different and longing to fit in and the pain of feeling shame as the outsider. Reading the book gave me the "a ha" moment of how Korean-Americans have the intergenerational trauma, "han," in our DNA and it both uniquely connects and causes longing in our souls. The book is so beautifully written, easy to read and relate to. In the end, I came away feeling connected, validated and seen. So thankful for this representation!
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Laura Y
5.0 out of 5 stars A poignant, thought-provoking book
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024
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What a heartfelt exploration of family history, intergenerational trauma, and how God uses and is within our cultural experiences. One of my favorite reads from this past year.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A poignant, thought-provoking book
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024
What a heartfelt exploration of family history, intergenerational trauma, and how God uses and is within our cultural experiences. One of my favorite reads from this past year.
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