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THE LAST STORY OF MINA LEE - NANCY JOOYOUN KIM ...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Riveting and unconventional  The
Last Story of Mina Lee traces the far-reaching consequences of secrets in the lives of a Korean
immigrant mother and her daughter Margot Lee's mother is ignoring her calls. Margot can't
understand why  until she makes a surprise trip home to Koreatown  LA  and finds that her
mother has suspiciously died. Determined to discover the truth  Margot unravels her single
mother's past as a Korean War orphan and an undocumented immigrant  only to realize how little
she truly knew about her mother  Mina. Thirty years earlier  Mina Lee steps off a plane to take
a chance on a new life in America. Stacking shelves at a Korean grocery store  the last thing
she expects is to fall in love. But that moment leads to repercussions for Mina that echo
through the decades  leading up to the truth of what happened the night of her death. Told
through the intimate lens of a mother and daughter who have struggled all their lives to
understand each other  The Last Story of Mina Lee is a powerful and exquisitely woven debut
novel that explores identity  family  secrets  and what it truly means to belong. HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED BY FORTUNE · POPSUGAR · PUREWOW · BETCHES · GMA.COM · VULTURE · BUSTLE · THE
MILLIONS · LITHUB · BOOKRIOT · BOOKISH Painful  joyous... A story that cries out to be told.
-Los Angeles Times Kim is a brilliant new voice in American fiction. -Alexander Chee  author of
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Suspenseful and deeply felt. -Chloe Benjamin  author of
The Immortalists

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