Rating: *****
Tags: Fiction, General, Contemporary, Literary, Family Life, Families, Mothers, Cultural Heritage, Adult, Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics, Sacrifice, Seoul (Korea), Lang:en
Summary
A million-plus-copy best seller in South Korea and poised to
become an international sensation—Please Look After Mom
is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family’s search
for their mother, and of the desires, heartaches, and secrets
they discover she harbored within.On a family visit to the
city, Mom is right behind her husband when the train pulls out
of Seoul Station without her, and she is lost, possibly
forever. As her children argue over how to find her and her
husband returns to their countryside home to wait for her, they
each recall their lives with her, their memories often more
surprising than comforting. Have they lived up to her
expectations? Was she happy? Through the piercing voices of
daughter, son, and husband, and through Mom’s own words
in the novel’s shattering conclusion, we learn what
happened that day, and explore an even deeper mystery—of
motherhood itself.At once steeped in the beauty and
complexities of the East and rich with a universal tenderness,
Please Look After Mom has a revelatory emotional power. You
will never think of your mother the same way again after
you’ve read this book.