02860cam a2200397 i 4500 2426075232 TxAuBib 20250714120000.0 241214s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024051345 9781963108231 HRD 27.99 196310823X HRD 27.99 TxAuBib rda Goh, Katie, author. Foreign fruit [BOOK] : a personal history of the orange / Katie Goh. Personal history of the orange. First US edition. Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2025. 228 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-228) and index. Longyan -- The Silk roads -- Holland -- Vienna -- Ipoh -- Southern California -- Kuala Lumpur. "What begins as a curiosity into the origins of the orange soon becomes a far-reaching odyssey of citrus for Katie Goh. Katie follows the complicated history of the orange from east-to-west and west-to-east, from a luxury item of European kings and Chinese emperors, to a modest fruit people take for granted. This investigation parallels Katie’s powerful search into her own heritage. Growing up queer in a Chinese-Malaysian-Irish household in the north of Ireland, Katie felt herself at odds with the culture and politics around her. As a teenager, Katie visits her ancestral home in Longyan, China, with her family to better understand her roots, but doesn’t find the easy, digestible answers she hoped for. In her mid-twenties, when her grandmother falls ill, she ventures again to the land of her ancestors, Malaysia, where more questions of self and belonging are raised. In her travels and reflections, she navigates histories that she wants to understand, but has never truly felt a part of. Like the story of the orange, Katie finds that simple and extractable explanations—even about a seemingly simple fruit—are impossible. The story that unfolds is Katie’s incredible endeavor to flesh out these contradictions, to unpeel the layers of personhood; a reflection on identity through the cipher of the orange. Along the way, the orange becomes so much more than just a fruit—it emerges as a symbol, a metaphor, and a guide.". 20250714. Goh, Katie Travel China Longyan Shi. Goh, Katie Travel Malaysia. Goh family. Oranges History. Fruit-culture History. Citrus fruits History. Citrus fruits Historiography. Chinese Malaysia Biography. Women authors Biography.