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Crying in H Mart
- Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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' – Marie–Claire
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
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- 05-11-21
Touching and soulful
An endearing and heartwrenching account of grief and finding ourselves in the people we love.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-12-21
Heart-wrenching and honest
I think it takes a lot to write about something so personal.Hearing the story out loud in the writer's own voice adds to the experience. definitely worth your time! Also, provides an interesting glimpse into Korean culture, in a way it isn't usually portrayed.
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- Mia_Black
- 04-07-23
A beautiful Memoir
Mother-Daughter relation, Korean culture, korean food and delicacy mentions such beautiful memoir. Full of emotions, love for both mom and food. Beautiful written and the narration is also very calm and serene to hear. Lots of korean words used but also explained in english. Loved listening it.
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- HU
- 31-03-23
A beautiful memoir and an ode to Michelle's mother
The book starts with her narrating how H Mart (H standing for Han Ah Reum, a Korean phrase meaning "one arm full of groceries"), the local Korean supermarket, is not just a market but her last connection to her mother's culture. How the other patrons remind her of her own memories with her mother and how she's strangely jealous and hateful towards them.
We learn of Michelle's life and the constant duality she has to live in - her mother's Korean culture and her father's American lifestyle. How she was called pretty in Seoul thanks to the extra fold over her eyelids, but always received curious glances from her American school mates wondering where she was from.
I found the book relatable in many ways - the way Michelle is obsessed with her parents as any young single child is, and how she finds her mother's love irritating and coddling as any teenager does. But unlike other 20 year olds, she's forced to grow up faster than others and bear the unimaginable pain of supporting her mother as she battles cancer.
One of the main themes of the book is their shared love for korean food and despite the somber theme, I couldn't help but salivate. I would recommend listening to the book, especially for the correct pronunciation of the Korean words.
I didn't pick up this book for so long because I don't like reading sad books. But I'm glad I gave in to the rampant reviews. I read this as part of Women's History Month too. It's not a sad book entirely per say. But the first and the last chapters are major tear jerkers and my advice would be to just give in and cleanse yourself.
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- Risha
- 27-09-23
touching and emotional
what a beautiful and raw account of loss and tragedy and the exploration of cultural fusion and identity
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