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I feel that I have a strangely unique perspective in rating this book. Firstly, it is a beautiful memoir and being alongside Michelle in her personal journey is painful, heart wrenching, and lovely.
As a woman who has lost her mother (at the age of 32), I found Michelle’s complicated and yet beautiful reflections of the relationship with her mother relatable being both nostalgic and stinging deep within my soul. Her deep expression of all the things that have been lost in her mothers passing hit ...more
As a woman who has lost her mother (at the age of 32), I found Michelle’s complicated and yet beautiful reflections of the relationship with her mother relatable being both nostalgic and stinging deep within my soul. Her deep expression of all the things that have been lost in her mothers passing hit ...more

Crying in H Mart is an autobiography by Michelle Zauner. The book focuses on her relationship with her mother and her life experiences related to her identity. She is half Korean, born in Seoul, and half American. The book discusses the struggles she experienced with her Korean mother growing up. In her early 20’s, her mother was diagnosed with Cancer and the book details how this affected the ways she saw her mother and her journey struggling with her identity. As she navigates these challenges
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