![]() ![]() It was the first book that I read, which employs a unique narration structure. To make us realise, how mothers’ are, how a mother’s heart is and if you feel something for that mom, you need to feel about yours. As you read you can’t help but be surprised to think that it is your mom the writer is talking about. The characters and the situations are strangely relatable. Divided into 4 different sections, we get to discover and uncover the secrets that ‘Mom’ held onto for her whole life, and the kind of person she really was.īut the story feels like it’s your own. It is simply about the disappearance of a mother, and what her children, husband, and other people related to her feel, the regrets they have about their behaviour towards her. There is nothing much ‘story’ to the story. But what it does more, is that it beautifully raises some questions. ![]() ![]() It will emanate within you a lot of emotions. And what catches your attention is the word ‘mom.’ Aren’t we always attracted towards the word mom or mother, wherever we see, or hear it? This one word itself evokes several emotions within us. The book sold more than a million copies within the first 10 months of its release and has been adapted as a stage play and musical as well.Īt first, the title looks too direct, plain and simple. ![]() Specifically for the English translation (2011) of this particular book, done by Kim Chi-young, she won the 2011 ‘The Man Asian Literary Prize,’ the very first bagged by a woman. She has won several notable awards and accolades throughout her career. ![]()
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