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THE APOLOGY
This gem of a novel is part family epic and post ghost story, set between Seoul and the U.S., and follows the story of a 105-year-old Korean woman who receives a letter from family in the U.S. Ten days later, she finds herself thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come.
Jeonga Cha has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that decades later, this decision would return to haunt her - threatening to tear apart her bond with her beloved son, her relationship with her infuriatingly insolent sisters, and the future of the family she has worked so hard to protect?
Part ghost story and part family epic, The Apology is an incisive tale of family and diaspora, reaching back to the days of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War, and told through the singular voice of a defiant, funny, and unforgettable centenarian.
Jimin Han was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Rhode Island, Ohio, and New York. Her first novel, A Small Revolution, was published by Little A to great reviews, was a CNN Best Summer Read of the Year, an Entropy Best Fiction Books of the Year, a Buzzfeed "One of 6 Binge-Worthy Books," and one of Redbook's "20 Best Books by Women to Read of Spring 2017". She has written for NPR's Weekend America, Poets & Writers Magazine, Catapult Magazine, Platypus Press, and Citric Acid Literary Journal, among others. Han teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University, as well as at community writing centers. She lives outside New York City.
Part ghost story and part family epic, The Apology is an incisive tale of family and diaspora, reaching back to the days of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War, and told through the singular voice of a defiant, funny, and unforgettable centenarian.
Jimin Han was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Rhode Island, Ohio, and New York. Her first novel, A Small Revolution, was published by Little A to great reviews, was a CNN Best Summer Read of the Year, an Entropy Best Fiction Books of the Year, a Buzzfeed "One of 6 Binge-Worthy Books," and one of Redbook's "20 Best Books by Women to Read of Spring 2017". She has written for NPR's Weekend America, Poets & Writers Magazine, Catapult Magazine, Platypus Press, and Citric Acid Literary Journal, among others. Han teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University, as well as at community writing centers. She lives outside New York City.
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