![]() ![]() Chi-hon was the first person to realize that So-nyo had an illness she hadn’t disclosed to the family. The narrative makes use of heavy flashback and memory recall to flesh out So-nyo and her family’s past.Ĭhi-hon, So-nyo’s eldest daughter, is a writer who regrets having spent her life writing, being angry with her mother, and largely ignoring her family. The novel contains four chapters and an Epilogue-each one narrated by a family member. The goal is to find Mom, and then to look after her. Hyong-chol, the eldest son, places an ad in the paper, and the family makes a missing-person flyer they hang up and pass out around town. The family searches for So-nyo around Seoul. She disappears, and though the family searches for her, they will never see So-nyo again. So-nyo has several illnesses and, unbeknownst to the family, is no longer capable of remembering even her name. When an elderly couple visits Seoul to celebrate their joint birthdays with their children, the 69-year-old matriarch, So-nyo Park, accidentally separates from her husband in a crowd at Seoul Station. Please note that the study guide contains references to emotional abuse, death, and other traumatic events. This study guide references the Vintage Contemporaries 2011 translation. Please Look After Mom, for which she won the Man Asian, is her first novel to appear in English. The first woman awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize, Shin publishes widely and has written many other acclaimed novels. ![]()
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