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Header image: Cover of American Han by Lisa Lee, which shows an illustration of chopsticks holding a flame

Algonquin Books
288 pages
March 31, 2026

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s, Jane Kim and her brother, Kevin, dutifully embodied the model minority myth as their parents demanded: both stellar tennis players and academically gifted, they worked hard to make their parents proud. Jane went on to law school. Kevin came close to becoming a professional tennis player.

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