'Imposter Syndrome' explores navigating a culturally confused existence
"Imposter Syndrome and other confessions of Alejandra Kim" centers around a Korean-Argentine teenager from Queens, New York.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with author Patricia Park about her new book for young adults “Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim,” which centers around a Korean-Argentine teenager from Queens, New York. Park also wrote the novel “Re Jane.”
The cover of “Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim.” (Courtesy of Crown Books for Young Readers)
Book excerpt: ‘Imposter Syndrome and other Confessions of Alejandra Kim’
By Patricia Park
CHAPTER 1
Origin Story
teachers always stare at you like you’re a typo on the attendance sheet. Each school year,
