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This was a really, really amazing novel about a Korean woman, who as a widow, immigrated alone to Los Angeles. It is told mostly in present day by her adult daughter Margot (who had been embarrassed by and somewhat estranged from her immigrant, single mother, Mina Lee) but also is narrated in flashbacks about Nina as a young woman through her current time period. Oh! Oy! Hard to read but....big but...it is unputdownable.
So...Mina Lee worked desperately hard to provide a living for the two of th ...more
So...Mina Lee worked desperately hard to provide a living for the two of th ...more
This was a sad but beautiful story. The mother /daughter relationship was complicated. I liked both Mina and Margot. They were shaped by their environment and their upbringing. Wonderful story
Oct 19, 2020
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