Please Look After Mother

'A raw tribute to the mysteries of motherhood' New York Times'A captivating story' TLS'The most moving and accomplished, and often startling, novel' Wall Street JournalWhen sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mother?Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mother is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love.With an introduction by Banana Yoshimoto