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Please Look After Mom

byShin Kyung-Sook

Genres: Drama

Who is this book for? Readers interested in family dynamics and contemporary literature.

Topics FamilyIdentity

MoodMelancholic

Female protagonist

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mom? A terrific novel that stayed with me long after I d finished its final, haunting pages. Abraham Verghese, bestselling author of The Covenant of Water A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood. The New York Times Book Review 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. A suspenseful, haunting, achingly lovely novel about the hidden lives, wishes, struggles and dreams of those we think we know best. The Seattle Times

Language

Published on

01/01/2011

Pages

320

Format

Mass Market Paperback

ISBN

9780307948977

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