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Chargement... The Last Story of Mina Lee (2020)par Nancy Jooyoun Kim
  
Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  Chrissylou62 | Apr 11, 2024 |   narratives switching between 1987 Los Angeles (Mina, recent undocumented immigrant from South Korea) and 2014 (Margot, Mina's American-born daughter, who finds Mina's deceased body when she arrives in town to visit). The causes of Mina's sadness, completely unknown to Margot, unfold slowly as the daughter tries to learn if there was more to Mina's "accidental" death than first appeared. This was recommended to me by a friend, and I'm glad I read this. Skillful storytelling evoking the life of an undocumented immigrant scraping by (and trying to escape from various dangers and heartbreaks) in LA's Koreatown. (  ) reader1009 | Oct 1, 2023 |  ) whakaora | Mar 5, 2023 | ) kakadoo202 | Feb 10, 2023 |  ) WiserWisegirl | Dec 2, 2022 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML:A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Riveting and unconventional, The Last Story of Mina Lee traces the far-reaching consequences of secrets in the lives of a Korean immigrant mother and her daughter Margot Lee's mother is ignoring her calls. Margot can't understand why, until she makes a surprise trip home to Koreatown, LA, and finds that her mother has suspiciously died. Determined to discover the truth, Margot unravels her single mother's past as a Korean War orphan and an undocumented immigrant, only to realize how little she truly knew about her mother, Mina. Thirty years earlier, Mina Lee steps off a plane to take a chance on a new life in America. Stacking shelves at a Korean grocery store, the last thing she expects is to fall in love. But that moment leads to repercussions for Mina that echo through the decades, leading up to the truth of what happened the night of her death. Told through the intimate lens of a mother and daughter who have struggled all their lives to understand each other, The Last Story of Mina Lee is a powerful and exquisitely woven debut novel that explores identity, family, secrets, and what it truly means to belong. HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BY FORTUNE · POPSUGAR · PUREWOW · BETCHES · GMA.COM · VULTURE · BUSTLE · THE MILLIONS · LITHUB · BOOKRIOT · BOOKISH "Painful, joyous... A story that cries out to be told." â??Los Angeles Times "Kim is a brilliant new voice in American fiction." â??Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel "Suspenseful and deeply felt." â??Chloe Benjamin, author Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Mina and her daughter, Margot only have each other. Each character tries to communicate in their own way, so they never really connect. There is truly a ' failure to communicate '. After Mina' s death Margot finally gets to know her mother, ultimately understanding her mother's sorrow. I enjoyed the author's description of the food - I'd love to try some of the dishes. The author's depiction of the mother - day relationship in this book rang true. I loved the ending although it brought tears to my eyes. (