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Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

Start date: July 1, 2024

Finish date: August 1, 2024

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Jan 13, 2022 Shannon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: botm-2022

Michelle Zauner is incredibly talented. I discovered her band Japanese Breakfast last year. Then, upon hearing rave reviews of Crying with H Mart and realizing it was her book, I decided to delve into it, even though I'm not a big memoir reader. I'm so so glad I did. The writing is beautiful, even breathtaking at times. Zauner shares emotional, intimate, authentic anecdotes and stories of growing up half-Korean in the United States, her fraught and intense relationship with her mother over the y ...more

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Apr 14, 2022 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir-and-bio, non-fiction, audiobook, food

My mom ate 1/4 cup of nuts every day, no more and no less. She drank two cups of tea from the same mug every day, black in the morning and herbal at night, both with honey. She loved salmon and spinach salads. She went through food phases, including red dyed pistachios, sunflower seeds, and raspberry Frusen Glädjé. She ate granola and drank fresh squeezed orange juice. She didn't really cook, but made the best red velvet cake and the butteriest popcorn. She called pasta salad, 'scroodle salad' a ...more

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May 01, 2021 Teresa rated it really liked it

Shelves: inclusive-2021

I do not generally seek out memoirs that focus on grief - I usually avoid them, in fact. And honestly, the only reason I read this one was to meet a reading challenge. But I must admit, I appreciated a lot about this book. Michelle Zauner does such a beautiful job laying out the complex relationships she had/has with both her parents, obviously focusing mostly on her mother, who unfortunately died when Michelle was just in her mid 20s. She seems to write with a lot of honesty, not shying away fr ...more

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