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What we kept to ourselves : a novel / Nancy Jooyoun Kim.
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee comes a propulsive new novel of a family that unravels when a stranger is found dead in their backyard, only to find he might hold the key to finding their mother who disappeared a year ago"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668004821 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 400 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2023.
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| Subject: | Criminal investigation > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Korean Americans > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic 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 Kim | 31681010343499 | FICTION | Available | - |
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee comes a propulsive new novel of a family that unravels when a stranger is found dead in their backyard, only to find he might hold the key to finding their mother who disappeared ayear ago"-- - Baker & Taylor
In 1999, the Kim family, struggling to move on after their mother, Sunny, vanished a year ago find their lives further upended when the body of a stranger is found in the backyard, carrying a letter to Sunny and leaving them with more questions than answers about their motherâs disappearance. - Simon and Schuster
A âpropulsive and moving story of a family torn asunder by their motherâs disappearanceâ (Bookreporter) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee.
1999: At the end of the millennium, the Kim family is struggling to move on after their mother, Sunny, vanished a year ago. Sixty-one-year-old John Kim feels more isolated from his grown children than ever before. One evening, their fragile lives are further upended when John finds the body of an unhoused stranger in the backyard with a letter to Sunny, leaving the family with more questions than ever.
1977: Newly married, Sunny is pregnant and has just moved to Los Angeles from Korea with her hardworking and often-absent husband. America is not turning out the way she had dreamed it to be, and the loneliness and isolation are broken only by a fateful encounter with a veteran at a bus stop. The unexpected connection spans decades and echoes into the familyâs lives in the present as they uncover devastating secrets that put not only everything they thought they knew about their mother but their very lives at risk.
Both âan intricately crafted mystery and a heart-wrenching family sagaâ (Michelle Min Sterling, New York Times bestselling author), set against the backdrop of social unrest and Y2K, What We Kept to Ourselves masterfully explores memory, storytelling, forgiveness, and what it means to dream in America.
