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The last story of Mina Lee / Nancy Jooyoun Kim.
"Margot Lee's mother isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown and finds her mother dead under suspicious circumstances. The discovery sends Margot digging through the past, unraveling the facts of Mina's life as a Korean War orphan and undocumented immigrant, only to realize how little she truly knew about her mother"--Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778310174 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 381 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| General Note: | "Reese's Book Club"--Dust jacket. |
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Kim | 31681010211068 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Suspecting foul play in the wake of her motherâs accidental death, Margot Lee investigates her motherâs past as a Korean War orphan and undocumented immigrant before uncovering profound secrets. A first novel. 50,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Suspecting foul play in the wake of her mother's accidental death, Margot Lee investigates her mother's past as a Korean War orphan and undocumented immigrant before uncovering profound secrets. - Harlequin
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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 canât 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 motherâs 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.
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âPainful, joyous... A story that cries out to be told.â âLos Angeles Times
âKim is a brilliant new voice in American fiction.â âAlexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
âSuspenseful and deeply felt.â âChloe Benjamin, author of The Immortalists
