Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

ISBN 10: 0525657746 / ISBN 13: 9780525657743

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2021

SIGNED. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. Signed by Michelle Zauner on the publisher's bound-in page. The book has a very slight lean but is tight with good tips and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($26.95) with faint wear (see photos). Removable Signed First Edition sticker to the front. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 239 pages. 5 ¾ x 8½" tall. With humor and heart, Michelle Zauner tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon, her painful adolescence, and months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond over heaping plates of food. She moved to the East Coast for college, found work in the restaurant industry, and performed gigs with her fledgling band. When her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Michelle was forced to reckon with her identity and reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. Seller Inventory # 11147

Synopsis:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American--"in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself" (NPR). - CELEBRATING OVER ONE YEAR ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST

In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.

As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.

Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.

About the Author: MICHELLE ZAUNER is best known as the two-time Grammy nominated musician Japanese Breakfast. She has won acclaim from major music outlets around the world for releases like Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Crying in H Mart
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition