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Crying in H Mart is a brutal memoir examining the loss of musician Michelle Zauner’s mother to cancer. It is a love letter to her mother, to memory and family, to Korean food and the way food connects us to others. But it is also a heartbreaking look at what cancer does to a family, the way it chips away at people until they no longer recognize themselves or anyone else. It’s a reckoning with Zauner’s understanding of her identity as a biracial daughter, feeling less Korean now that her connection to Korea has been severed. It’s about the devestating moments of growing up and discovering that your parents are flawed and fallible people. It’s about how loss and death and grief shape you and your understanding of the world. It’s a beautiful and terrible and powerful read. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ TW: grief, cancer, death of a parent, suicidal thoughts, abuse, rape, car accident ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ID: I’m holding a hardcover copy of Crying in H Mart. Shelves and carpet can be seen in the background. via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CQQ08qaAFW8/