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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100307739511

ISBN-139780307739513

eBay Product ID (ePID)109070505

Product Key Features

Book TitlePlease Look after Mom : a Novel

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicContemporary Women, Cultural Heritage, Family Life, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorKyung-Sook Shin

Book SeriesVintage Contemporaries Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.4 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal895.7/3

SynopsisNATIONAL 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, 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, 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.