Crying in H Mart : a memoir / Michelle Zauner.
"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high 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, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--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 plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525657743
- ISBN: 0525657746
- ISBN: 9781984898951
- Physical Description: 239 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "This is a Borzoi Book" -- Title page verso.Publisher and pagination may vary.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Crying in H Mart -- Save your tears -- Double lid -- New York style -- Where's the wine? -- Dark matter -- Medicine -- Unni -- Where are we going? -- Living and dying -- What procellous awesomeness does not in you abound? -- Law and order -- A heavy hand -- Lovely -- My heart will go on -- Jatfuk -- Little axe -- Maangchi and me -- Kimchi fridge -- Coffee hanjan.
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- 71 of 84 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 2 current holds with 84 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | BIO ZAU (Text) | 37810435776272 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | 782.4216 Zau (Text) | 31010000789554 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | B ZAUNER (Text) | 39493110021112 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | B Zauner (Text) | 34269001329672 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | B ZAUNER (Text) | 30664100328761 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | B ZAUNER (Text) | 80605003601100 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | B ZAUNER (Text) | 34208900114108 | Adult Biography | On holds shelf | - |
| Bordeaux Library | B ZAUNER (Text) | 31781066717347 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/21/2026 |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | B ZAUNER (Text) | 37807000028589 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Brunswick Bookmobile | B ZAUNER (Text) | 31427000754943 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high 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, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band--and meeting the man who would become her husband--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 plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread." -- Provided by publisher.
