"A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. Michelle Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band—and meeting the man who would become her husband—her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her."--Goodreads
What a delight, in a very emotional way, to read about someone growing up from the viewpoint of someone of a different background than myself. It was so interesting to read about the way Michelle was raised, the food she ate, and the feelings she felt about being a Korean in America. The main takeaway I got from this book, though, is the struggles of family cross generations, ethnicities, and the world. A powerful read.
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