Poignant memoir of family, identity, and grief.
Michelle Zauner's "Crying in H Mart" is a memoir that paints a vivid portrait of the complexities of family relationships, cultural identity, and dealing with loss. It's raw, beautifully written, and offers an emotional journey that resonates deeply, especially if you've ever grappled with your identity or experienced the loss of a loved one. The way Zauner intertwines her experiences with food as a connection to her heritage makes it especially poignant.
- NAIBA Book of the Year for Nonfiction (2021)
- Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2021)
- Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2021)
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ISBN: 9780593470367
Authors:
Michelle Zauner
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2022-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.25
(rated by 512551 readers)
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A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. Michelle Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band—and meeting the man who would become her husband—her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.
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Poignant memoir of family, identity, and grief.
Michelle Zauner's "Crying in H Mart" is a memoir that paints a vivid portrait of the complexities of family relationships, cultural identity, and dealing with loss. It's raw, beautifully written, and offers an emotional journey that resonates deeply, especially if you've ever grappled with your identity or experienced the loss of a loved one. The way Zauner intertwines her experiences with food as a connection to her heritage makes it especially poignant.
- NAIBA Book of the Year for Nonfiction (2021)
- Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2021)
- Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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