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Crying in H Mart

By: Michelle Zauner
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Read by the author, Michelle Zauner, lead vocalist of Japanese Breakfast.

One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year


Goodreads Choice Awards Winner: Memoir & Autobiography

The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity in the wake of her loss.

'As good as everyone says it is and, yes, it will have you in tears. Essential for anybody who has lost a loved one, as well as those who haven't' – MarieClaire

In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid 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, 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 pancreatic 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, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive in her audiobook as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.

‘Wonderful... The writing about Korean food is gorgeous... but as a brilliant kimchi-related metaphor shows, Zauner’s deepest concern is the ferment, and delicacy, of complicated lives.’ - Victoria Segal, Sunday Times

©2021 Michelle Zauner (P)2021 Penguin Randomhouse LLC

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Poignant, painful, beautiful.

While my experience of palliating my mother was very different, so many moments in this book resonated powerfully with me. There are elements of grief and of loss that are universal parts of the human condition. Thank you Michelle, for sharing these most vulnerable parts of yourself so candidly. Your story is beautiful.

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first gen immigrant daughters beware

if you want to feel completely unoriginal in all your trauma and experiences as a first generation immigrant daughter, then this book is for you! Michele manages to capture the very essence of the struggle of living between two cultures, from clinging desperately to food as the one thing you could claim to be part of your culture, down to the having to use google translate to speak to your relatives. Entirely too relatable, i had to pause the book several times to catch my breath because i felt wholly attacked. My therapist will be hearing about this. Highly recommend.

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Amazing

I loved this so much, thank you for sharing this story, Michelle. You're an inspiration :)

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A captivating story of loss and renewal

Michelle’s narration of her relationship with her mother was truly an experience with moments of gut-wrenching sadness, painful relatability and awing fondness.

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So beautiful

Thank you Michelle for sharing your story. I have no words. I’m going to go hug my Asian mum now and never let go

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A memoir that helped me process my own grief

I just wanted to say thank you to Michelle for her candid documentation of her relationship with her mother, family and identity. It verbalised emotions and sentiments I could never find the energy or strength to properly process and for that I am grateful.

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A beautifully written memoir

Each chapter was emotive and beautifully written, filled with grief, family, culture and food. A must read!

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heck

I wanted to hug Michelle throughout this whole book, it is difficult to read about the shame she felt. I appreciated the brutal honesty

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cross cultural story

I related to this audio book and it was a really fascinating story. It was a great listen.

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A work of heart!

a gut punch in the best of ways. I was enraptured from start to finish. Vivid, dynamic, and so full of heart. having recently lost my father each beat resonated even deeper.

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