Please Look After Mother

An authentic, moving story that brings to vivid life the deep family connections that lie at the core of Korean culture
Gary Shteyngart

Kyung-Sook Shins tale... has hit a nerve
Guardian

A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood
New York Times

The most moving and accomplished, and often startling, novel
Wall Street Journal

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 Mother?

Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.

With an introduction by Banana Yoshimoto
A W&N Essential