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When we fell apart : a novel / Soon Wiley.
In Seoul, South Korea, Min, devastated by the suicide of his girlfriend, throws himself into finding out why she wanted to die, and the more he learns about her, the more he realizes he never really knew her at all.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735241633 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 355 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Viking, 2022.
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| Subject: | Group identity > Fiction. Identity (Psychology) > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Suicide > Fiction. Seoul (Korea) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Wiley | 31681010275337 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Penguin Putnam
A profoundly moving and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families togetherâor break them apartâas a young Korean American manâs search for answers about his girlfriendâs mysterious death becomes a soul-searching journey into his own bi-cultural identity
When the Seoul police inform Min that his girlfriend Yu-jin has committed suicide, heâs sure it can't be true. She was successful, ambitious, happy, just on the cusp of graduating from university and claiming the future sheâd always dreamed of.Â
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Min, on the other hand, born to an American father and Korean mother, has never felt quite the same certainty as Yu-jin about his lifeâs path. After growing up in California, where he always felt âtoo Koreanâ to fit in, heâs moved to Seoul in the hope that exploring his Korean heritage will help him find a sense of purpose. And when he meets Yu-jin, little does he know that their carefree relationship will set off a chain of events with tragic consequences for them both.
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Devastated by Yu-jinâs death, Min throws himself into finding out why she could have secretly wanted to die. Or did she? With a controlling and powerful government official father, and a fraught friendship with her alluring and destructive roommate So-ra, Yu-jinâs life was much more complex than she chose to reveal to Min. And the more he learns about her, the more he begins to doubt he ever really knew her at all.
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As Yu-jinâs storyâa fraught exploration of selfhood, coming-of-age, and family expectationsâcollides with Minâs, the result is an engrossing page-turner that poses powerful, urgent questions about cultural identity, family bonds, secrets, and what it truly means to belong.
