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2011
PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM
Kyung-Sook Shin
Cover of PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM

PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM

A Novel

by Kyung-Sook Shin

Knopf · 2011

Peak rank

#14

Weeks on list

1

Debuted

May 2011

Chart History

#1510152011

1 week on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #14

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

All Appearances

14NEWMay 1, 2011wk 1

Details

ISBN-13
9780307595492
ISBN-10
0307595498
Published
2011
Pages
238
Publisher
Knopf
Google rating
5.0(1)
Categories
Fiction

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