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Brutally honest memoir of Zauner, who is born of a Korean mother and an American father. She grows up wanting to be creative and therefore butting heads with her more practical mother. It isn't until after her mother's final illness, in which Zauner helps with care and nursing that she realizes how really close she and her mother were.
H Mart is a chain of Korean supermarkets. After her mother's death, Zauner tries to recreate many of the recipes her mother was famous for.
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H Mart is a chain of Korean supermarkets. After her mother's death, Zauner tries to recreate many of the recipes her mother was famous for.
Some of the book is diff ...more
This is such an intimate and touching story that has a surprisdingly light touch. I’d forgotten about the awards it has won and how popular it is. It won the Goodreads Memoir prize in 2021. So it took me by the hand and crawled its way in. It is a sensory experience as told through the food Michelle writes about and its preparation. The significance of the food goes much further than physical sustenance. Michelle’s mother dies of pancreatic cancer when Michelle is 25. This is the story of her gr
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I'm often leery of memoirs written by still-young people so I almost skipped this - but I am so glad I didn't. Beautiful descriptions of food intertwined with heartbreaking descriptions of illness and loss had me hooked from the start. Very much recommended.
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this book reminded me so much of my own relationship with my mom and my grandmother. how each one of them have the power to lift you up and tear you down at the same time, and how you constantly crave their approval. maybe it's an asian thing.
but aside from that, i really enjoyed her writing style. and her reading was also great, keeping you engaged. the part when she described her mother's death really got to me. my heart broke for her, while i dread that day for myself.
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but aside from that, i really enjoyed her writing style. and her reading was also great, keeping you engaged. the part when she described her mother's death really got to me. my heart broke for her, while i dread that day for myself.
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DNF. Not my cup o' noodles.
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A heart-wrenching memoir that centers on food and family. A daughter's fraught relationship with her mother and the process of grief, is all processed through loving each other with traditions and food. Reading it is a sensory experience, and I actually became hungry in the early chapters. Well worth your time, but have some bao and a tissue ready.
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May 17, 2021
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