![]() ![]() A later chapter is narrated, in a voice that is both wistful and pragmatic, by the missing mother herself. Each chapter is narrated by a different member of the family as they search for her in the streets of Seoul and in the more treacherous terrain of their minds: the unmarried daughter with a flourishing writing career the eldest son, burdened still by lofty dreams never reached the bad-boy father who has always taken his wife for granted. This is the premise of Kyung-Sook Shin's novel, Please Look After Mom. When a mother goes missing in frenetic Seoul Station - her grown children trusting that public transportation will safely bring their elderly, countryside-dwelling parents to their doorstep, and her fast-walking husband having years ago forgotten to glance backward - the remaining members of her family are left to cope with the tremendousness of sudden loss. ![]()
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