A provocative and furious book about race, culture, identity and what
it means to be an inter-country adoptee in America
Julayne Lee was born in South Korea to a mother she never knew. When
she was an infant, she was adopted by a white Christian family in
Minnesota, where she was sent to grow up.
Not My White Savior is a memoir in poems, exploring what it is to be a
transracial and inter-country adoptee, and what it means to grow up
being constantly told how better your life is because you were rescued
from your country of origin. Following Julayne Lee from Korea to
Minnesota and finally to Los Angeles, Not My White Savior asks what
does better mean? In which ways was the journey she went on better than
what she would have otherwise experienced?
Not My White Savior is angry, brilliant, unapologetic, and
unforgiving. A vicious ride of a book that is sure to spark discussion
and debate.