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Author Sukrungruang, Ira, author

Title This jade world / Ira Sukrungruang
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource
Series American lives
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The First -- I -- I Am Sad -- In 1997 -- Touch -- A Brief History of Sex -- Stupid Men -- This Bed That Was Not My Bed -- Mount Crested Butte -- July 10 -- II -- After the Hysterectomy -- The Gastropub -- Sex Education -- The Abyss -- The Impossible Dream -- The Red Balloon -- Giggles -- July 10 -- III -- What I Want -- Bed, Bath, and Beyond -- The Sleep of the Restless -- It's Raining -- July 10 -- IV -- Ruins -- Fortune -- July 10 -- V -- Inked -- Flesh of the Land -- Man Baby -- The Talk of the Body -- July 10 -- VI
Monarchs and Memory -- The Broken Hearts Club -- To Have, to Hold -- Flowers -- Michael Chang -- Signs -- July 10 -- VII -- At the Border -- Balance -- Lesbians -- Invisible Partners -- July 10 -- VIII -- Okay -- That Long Couch -- Goodbye -- IX -- The Next Life
Summary Through ancient temples and the lush greenery of Thailand, to the confines of a stranger's bed and a devouring couch, This Jade World chronicles a year of mishap, exploration and experimentation, self-discovery, and eventually healing. It questions the very nature of love and heartbreak, uncovering the vulnerability of being human
Subject Sukrungruang, Ira -- Travel -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai
Sukrungruang, Ira -- Family
SUBJECT Sukrungruang, Ira fast
Subject Thai Americans -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai -- Biography
Man-woman relationships -- Florida
Man-woman relationships -- Illinois
Thai Americans -- Biography
Families
Man-woman relationships
Manners and customs
Thai Americans
Travel
SUBJECT Chiang Mai (Thailand) -- Description and travel
Chiang Mai (Thailand) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Tampa (Fla.) -- Biography
Subject Florida
Florida -- Tampa
Illinois
Thailand -- Chiang Mai
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496228857
1496228855
9781496228840
1496228847