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Chang is a searing memoir of identity, loss, and resilience, chronicling a life stretched across Jamaica, New York, and Canada.
Born to a Jamaican father who severed ties with his Chinese heritage and a Jamaican mother rooted firmly in her island identity, the narrator grows up navigating fractured legacies and unanswered questions about belonging.
The story begins in Kingston with Hurricane Gilbert, a devastating force that becomes a metaphor for the storms, both natural and human, that shape his childhood. From Waterhouse, a community of music and violence, to schools where his light skin sets him apart, his early years are marked by alienation, envy, and betrayal.
As he journeys from Jamaica to New York, back to Jamaica, on to Canada, the memoir captures the restlessness of displacement and the ache of trying to find “home” when roots are tangled or denied. Through it all lingers the silence of a Chinese heritage left untaught and unspoken, as he grapples with questions of identity that span oceans and generations.
At once deeply personal and universally resonant, Chang is a story about storms, both external and internal, and the unrelenting search for peace, belonging, and the courage to let one’s light shine despite the surrounding darkness.
Take a sneak peek at some sample chapters below:
