East Asian Literary Fiction

Please Look After Mom

by Kyung-Sook Shin

When an elderly mother goes missing in Seoul, her adult children search for her while confronting the ways they failed to truly see her. Told in second person, this devastating novel reveals a woman's sacrifices and the regrets of those who took her for granted. A profound meditation on maternal love, duty, and the unbridgeable distances within families.

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