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Availability:In StockContributor:Linda PetrucelliTheme:Cultural Region/East Asian, Religious Orientation/ChristianPublish date:6/9/2026Pages:178
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Koehler BooksISBN-13:9798897471195UPC:9798897471195Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Travel, ReligionBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Asia, ChristianityBook Topic:East, World ChristianitySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.245Product ID:SCK7SDVETG

In 1984, when Linda Petrucelli arrives in Taiwan with her husband Gary Hoff, she assumes she will learn Mandarin Chinese. Instead, her local church partner, the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, assigns her to learn Taiwanese, an eight-toned ancient tongue that few Westerners ever attempt. In her odyssey to communicate in the island's mother tongue, Linda learns the political implications of language, insight into her own ethnic identity, and the value of finding humor in her mistakes.

Mother Tongue: A Memoir of Taiwan offers wise counsel-not only for language learners, but for all those who desire to profess the greater grammar of love.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Koehler BooksISBN-13:9798897471195UPC:9798897471195Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Travel, ReligionBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Asia, ChristianityBook Topic:East, World ChristianitySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.245Product ID:SCK7SDVETG
Petrucelli, Linda: - Linda Petrucelli's creative nonfiction essays have earned Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations, and her fiction accolades include first place in the Women on Writing Fall 2018 Flash Fiction Contest. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Linda holds degrees from Yale Divinity School and Chicago Theological Seminary. For ten years, she served as a missionary in Taiwan, becoming fluent in the Taiwanese language. Her wide-ranging ministerial service includes work as a humanitarian relief executive in New York City and pastorates in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and on the Big Island of Hawaii. She now resides in Hawi, Hawaii, with her artist husband, Gary Hoff, and writes on the lanai of their tin-roofed rancher overlooking the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel.
Publisher: Koehler Books

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