| Author: | Kyung-Sook Shin | ISBN: | 9780307595492 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | April 5, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kyung-Sook Shin |
| ISBN: | 9780307595492 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | April 5, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
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?
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.
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?
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.
