Everything she touches blooms and her young family grows strong and successful. The young mother excels at feeding and nourishing things. Together they build a home and have four children. So instead she was presented to a man, a stranger, for an arranged marriage. Through each one of the grown children, the mother’s story is revealed slowly as that of a young girl who grew up in poverty in the Korean countryside and could not be educated or kept safe beyond a certain age. The mother, it is revealed, has been suffering stunning headaches and previously battled breast cancer. It is an amazing rapid start to the plot that cannot help but hook you instantly. This is not an easy story. The plot begins when the mother of a successful family in Korea goes missing at a train station in Seoul. This one came to me as part of the national book club influencer program for and I found myself reading it with difficulty. Please Look After Mom is a beautiful, sad and lyrical tale for anyone who has ever had a Mom or been a Mom.
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