Author: Carmen Rita Wong
Carmen Rita Wong’s ‘Why Didn’t You Tell Me?’ is a sharp, turbulent memoir.
It is an exploration of identity and intergenerational trauma that unfolds as she endures adversity and tragedy, and wades through decades’ thick family secrets that leave her questioning who she really is.
Why Didn’t You Tell Me? “is a riveting and poignant story of Wong’s experience of race and culture in America and how they shape who we think we are,” said a review in goodreads.com.
A former national television host, advice columnist, and professor, Wong searches to understand who she really is as she discovers her mother’s hidden history, facing the revelations that seep out.
This is the story of the author’s life as a young girl growing up in both New York and New Hampshire as a multi-racial woman of color.
