A heartfelt memoir of family, food, and grief as Michelle Zauner navigates her Korean-American identity and her mother's terminal illness.
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A heartfelt memoir of family, food, and grief as Michelle Zauner navigates her Korean-American identity and her mother's terminal illness.
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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...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted.
Profanity
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Minor profanity; includes 7 uses of strong language and some moderate terms.
Substance use
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Brief mentions of alcoholism as a family struggle, not glamorized.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation depicted.
Religious content
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Minor references to spiritual or cultural family practices, not central.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult content depicted.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Minor cultural identity themes related to Korean-American experience.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief mentions of depression during adolescence, no explicit self-harm.
Abuse & suffering
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Moderate depiction of emotional and occasional physical abuse in family dynamics.
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