Crying in H Mart

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ΓÇó From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast,an unforgettable memoir about familyfoodgriefloveand growing up Korean AmericanΓÇöΓÇ£in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to lifeZauner became herselfΓÇ¥ (NPR) ΓÇó CELEBRATING OVER ONE YEAR ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST In this exquisite story of familyfoodgriefand enduranceMichelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singersongwriterand guitarist. With humor and heartshe tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in EugeneOregon; of struggling with her mother’s particularhigh expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoulwhere she and her mother would bondlate at nightover heaping plates of food. As she grew upmoving to the East Coast for collegefinding work in the restaurant industryand performing gigs with her fledgling band–and meeting the man who would become her husband–her Koreanness began to feel ever more distanteven as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal cancerwhen Michelle was twenty-fivethat forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of tastelanguageand history her mother had given her. Vivacious and plainspokenlyrical and honestZauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widelyand complete with family photosCrying in H Mart is a book to cherishshareand reread.