{"product_id":"manila-days-paperback","title":"Manila Days - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn Poethig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry Poethig didn't ask to come, but her Presbyterian parents did--so she grew up in Manila: teeming, cheerful, and grimy, loving it with an alab ng puso, an impassioned heart. Manila Days is a hybrid memoir of a missionary child coming of age at the edge of American empire. The daughter of labor-focused \"fraternal workers\" with the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Poethig weaves a Taglish narrative of family, faith, and politics from 1957 to 1972. Poetic, wounded, and often funny, she recounts a childhood shaped by longing and improvisation--where Jesus whispers, \"If it's not magic, don't believe,\" and tree spirits, dreams, and Scripture coexist. Drawing on fragments from a family \"Decade Box,\" she reconstructs a world where identity is performed and belonging is never secure. As anti-imperialist tensions rise, the question of \"we\" becomes urgent: allies, enemies, or both? Manila Days traces the limits of solidarity and the cost of innocence, asking what it means to speak \"we\" ethically within the unequal realities of a postcolonial world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67868707455134,"sku":"9798385273782","price":31.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7748\/8030\/files\/raZejSh45C9798385273782.webp?v=1793311137","url":"https:\/\/theword.com\/products\/manila-days-paperback","provider":"TheWord.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}