Breakfast at the Shangri-La [Paperback]

Joanna Catherine Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2004

Winner of the 2003 Black Zinnias Award for Poetry. Lola Haskins, in her judge's citation writes: "It's the personal journey of a western woman who adopts two Korean children. This is a dangerous subject, one which could be easily sentimentalized, but Ms. Scott avoids those rapids. She handles her subject with restraint, honesty, and love. And because she uses such simple words, their resonance makes the book as a whole, subtle, like a brush painting. I very much admire this effort, both for its skill and for its soul."

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About the Author

Joanna Catherine Scott is a poet and novelist living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was born in England, raised in Australia, and took her graduate degree in Philosophy at Duke University. Ms. Scott is also author of Cassandra Lost, The Lucky Gourd Shop, Charlie and the Children, and Indochina's Refugees: Oral Histories from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Black Zinnias (March 31, 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0971408521
• ISBN-13: 978-0971408524
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,337,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joanna Catherine Scott (1943--) was born in England during an air raid over London, raised in Australia by a rabidly religious mother and a phlegmatic engineer father, married way too young, divorced, fell in love again and came with her American husband to live in the US where, aside from a couple of years in the Philippines, she has lived below the Mason Dixon line ever since. Her five novels and oral history collection have all been based on true life stories, giving voice to the voiceless. Her poetry tells stories too. She has six children, three Australian and three adopted Korean, as well as a young man whom she met while he was on death row whom she regards as her seventh child. A Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, she is a graduate of Adelaide and Duke Universities and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her website is www.joannacatherinescott.com.