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Michelle Zauner
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By:
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Michelle Zauner
About this listen
Read by the author, Michelle Zauner, lead vocalist of Japanese Breakfast.
'A story that is both beautiful and heartbreaking; it is as raw as it is precious. I bawled my eyes out, but I also loved it and I hope you do too.' – Dua Lipa
From the indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity.
'Incredible . . . It absolutely wrecked me . . . So, so emotional' – Natalie Portman
'Crying In H Mart destroyed me . . . It’s fantastic.' – Olivia Rodrigo
'As good as everyone says it is and, yes, it will have you in tears. An essential read for anybody who has lost a loved one, as well as those who haven't' – Marie Claire
In this story of family and food, grief and joy, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school; of struggling with her mother’s 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, 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 pancreatic 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 honest, Michelle Zauner’s voice is as alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes, Crying in H Mart is an audiobook to cherish and share.
*Crying in H Mart was a #1 New York Times bestseller w/c 17.04.2023
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- Kris Tregenza
- 15-01-2022
Poignant, painful, beautiful.
While my experience of palliating my mother was very different, so many moments in this book resonated powerfully with me. There are elements of grief and of loss that are universal parts of the human condition. Thank you Michelle, for sharing these most vulnerable parts of yourself so candidly. Your story is beautiful.
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- kristine
- 04-06-2022
first gen immigrant daughters beware
if you want to feel completely unoriginal in all your trauma and experiences as a first generation immigrant daughter, then this book is for you! Michele manages to capture the very essence of the struggle of living between two cultures, from clinging desperately to food as the one thing you could claim to be part of your culture, down to the having to use google translate to speak to your relatives. Entirely too relatable, i had to pause the book several times to catch my breath because i felt wholly attacked. My therapist will be hearing about this. Highly recommend.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-02-2023
Amazing
I loved this so much, thank you for sharing this story, Michelle. You're an inspiration :)
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- Erin McNab
- 24-02-2023
A captivating story of loss and renewal
Michelle’s narration of her relationship with her mother was truly an experience with moments of gut-wrenching sadness, painful relatability and awing fondness.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-09-2023
So beautiful
Thank you Michelle for sharing your story. I have no words. I’m going to go hug my Asian mum now and never let go
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- Anonymous User
- 23-08-2021
A memoir that helped me process my own grief
I just wanted to say thank you to Michelle for her candid documentation of her relationship with her mother, family and identity. It verbalised emotions and sentiments I could never find the energy or strength to properly process and for that I am grateful.
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- Cathy
- 16-09-2021
A beautifully written memoir
Each chapter was emotive and beautifully written, filled with grief, family, culture and food. A must read!
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- Steph Miller
- 01-02-2022
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I wanted to hug Michelle throughout this whole book, it is difficult to read about the shame she felt. I appreciated the brutal honesty
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-2022
I called my parents within 45mins of listening….
Michelle offers hindsight and a story that so many people only think about when they are loosing a parent or have sadly lost them.
You are there with her and her mother as they fight an impossible battle and feel the gamut of emotions with them.
The book gave me hope and perspective to actively start to strengthen my parental relationships as a child and a father.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-08-2022
Emotional
I loved this book. This is everything that a good memoir should be and more. However be warned that you will be left teary eyed and craving traditional Korean food by the time you've finished this masterpiece.
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