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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gibbons, Dave, 1962– author.
Title: The shape of my eyes : a memoir of race, faith, and finding myself / Dave Gibbons.
Description: First edition. | New York : Worthy, 2024.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023051887 | ISBN 9781546003236 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781546003250 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Gibbons, Dave, 1962– | Clergy—United States—Biography. | Korean Americans—Biography. | Christian biography—United States.
Classification: LCC BR1725.G437 A3 2024 | DDC 280 [B]—dc23/eng/20240126
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023051887
ISBNs: 9781546003236 (hardcover), 9781546003250 (ebook)
E3-20240525-JV-NF-ORI
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter One: Between Two Worlds
Chapter Two: Nature Boy
Chapter Three: The Valley of the Sun
Chapter Four: Fists of Fury
Chapter Five: Saved by a Short-Haired Jesus
Chapter Six: Origin Stories
