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Please Look After Mom

Kyung-Sook Shin,

Chi-Young Kim (Translator)

Start date: October 27, 2013

Finish date: November 24, 2013

Discussion: So Many Books, So Little Time

Discussion leader: Deb

Why we're reading this: The So Many Books, So Little time book group will be discussing this at our November 24th meeting (3 PM a…more
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A family searches for their mother, who goes missing amid the crowds of the Seoul subway. As each family member shares their perspective long held family secrets are revealed, and the reader gets to see what life is like for a contemporary Korean family.

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Nov 17, 2013 Melanie rated it it was ok

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda is the perfect three word summary for this book. The important message is get to know and not put off the people that you love because they may not be there tomorrow. The 2nd person narration is very disturbing. Probably because few people have had a missing parent the author felt you should be told what you are doing and how you feel. This was the biggest turn off of the book. I just really couldn't connect. ...more

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