Please look after mom : a novel /

Please look after mom : a novel /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sin, Kyŏng-suk.
Uniform title:	Ŏmma rŭl put'ak hae. English
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Description:	237 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mothers -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Sacrifice -- Fiction. Families. Mothers. Sacrifice. Seoul (Korea) -- Fiction. Korea (South) -- Seoul. Domestic fiction. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8369648

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Other authors / contributors:	Kim, Chi-Young.
ISBN:	9780307593917 (hbk.) 0307593916 (hbk.)
Summary:	Follows the efforts of a family to find the mother who went missing from Seoul Station and their sobering realizations when they recall memories that suggest she may not have been happy.

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Summary:	A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea--a magnificent English-language debut poised to become an international sensation--this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.<br> <br> Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mom is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.<br> <br> You will never think of your mother the same way again after you read this book.
Physical Description:	237 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9780307593917 (hbk.) 0307593916 (hbk.)