{"product_id":"please-look-after-mom-paperback","title":"Please Look After Mom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKyung-Sook Shin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE - When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mom? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A terrific novel that stayed with me long after I'd finished its final, haunting pages.\" --Abraham Verghese, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A suspenseful, haunting, achingly lovely novel about the hidden lives, wishes, struggles and dreams of those we think we know best.\" --\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKyung-Sook Shin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous works of fiction and is one of South Korea's most widely read and acclaimed novelists. She was the first woman to be awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize (for \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/i\u003e), and she has also been honored with the Manhae Literature Prize, the Dong-in Literature Prize, and the Yi Sang Literary Prize, as well as France's Prix de l'Inaperçu. \u003ci\u003ePlease Look After Mom\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book to appear in English. It will be published in twenty-nine countries and has sold over 2 million copies in South Korea alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754187850016,"sku":"9780307739513","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8ec0f2ae9713c28c5857866765d590b.webp?v=1780035334","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/please-look-after-mom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}