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Kyung Sook Shin
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In 1980s South Korea, 20-something Jung Yoon is forced to re-live the most intense period of her life, including the death of her beloved mother, first love and friendship, when she receives a distressing phone call from her ex-boyfriend after eight years of separation. Original.
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A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea--a magnificent English-language debut poised to become an international sensation--this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family';s search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mom is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.You will never think of your mother the same way again after you read this book.From the Hardcover edition.
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Tells the story of So-nyo, a wife and mother, who has lived a life of sacrifice and compromise. Combining a unique setting with universal themes, this novel is about sacrifice, guilt, and the ties of family love. It may reconnect you to the story of your own family, and to the forgotten sacrifices that lie at its heart.