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Please look after mother was written by5/21/2023 ![]() A terrific novel that stayed with me long after I’d finished its final, haunting pages. Here is a deeply felt journey into a culture foreign to many-yet with a theme that is universal in its appeal. Weaving together four vivid voices-of daughter, son, husband, and mother, each with the immediacy of a whispered confession-she has created a heartbreaking family mystery. ![]() Cleverly structured and brimming with secrets and revelations, Please Look After Mom is a powerful and memorable read.� -Edwidge Danticat, author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Brother, I’m Dying “Kyung-sook Shin has managed some kind of alchemy in this novel. We join this family as soon as we open these pages and we never quite leave it. I loved this book.� -Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story “A suspenseful and moving book. This is a tapestry of family life that will be read all over the world. But it also speaks beautifully to an urgent issue of our time: migration, and how the movement of people from small towns and villages to big cities can cause heartbreak and even tragedy. Readers should find resonance in this family story, a runaway bestseller in Korea poised for a similar run here.� - Publishers Weekly “ Please Look After Mom is an authentic, moving story that brings to vivid life the deep family connections that lie at the core of Korean culture. ![]()
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