Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Author: Michelle Zauner

In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she 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.

Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.

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I was worried I’d have some bias in favor of this book since Michelle is a pal, but I can confidently say that, by any metric, it’s incredible. Lots of tears, but some laughs too. It’s a bare and brutal memoir, full of truth and tenderness. Really a gift. Lucy Dacus                                                                                             rated it: 5.0 from 5.0

So beautiful, so sad. Michelle captures the grief of losing a parent to terminal illness in a way I have hardly ever been able to articulate. Michelle, if you ever read your goodreads reviews, thank you ? Julia                                                                                                       rated it: 5.0 from 5.0

A Perfect Book. Immersive and overflowing w v Real, v Complicated Emotions and so funny and so sad in the way it has to be/the way life actually is. The way relationships actually are. The way families actually are. Beautifully and incandescently written. Leesa                                                                                                     rated it: 5.0 from 5.0