An Excerpt from “The Strength of Water, An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir”
An immigrant daughter, assimilating into American culture in 1930s Detroit, tries to win her father’s affection and unwittingly discovers the source of his bitterness.
Karin K. Jensen
Karin K. Jensen is a local news writer and author of "The Strength of Water, an Asian American Coming of Age Memoir" from Balestier Press. Since 2021, she has won NewsBreak editorial awards three times, one on the topic of #StopAsianHate and one on #AAPI Voices. For her work, Authority Magazine named her a Social Impact Author in 2023.