Crying in H Mart

8/10

A sometimes brutally honest memoir of Michelle Zauner's relationship with her Korean mother and searching for her identity growing up in the North West of the United States. Partly a coming of age story, the narrative alternates between childhood memories, a terrible battle with cancer and the grief of losing her mother to that battle. Korean culture and particularly its food is interwoven throughout and this forms the backbone of the maternal relationship and of the story. A well-written fascinating and very moving read.